Asante Technologies 6000 Series - Manual (Page 77)

PortCtrl
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PortCtrl
This menu displays read-only and configurable port parameter informa-
tion for each port within the device.
It allows you to enable or disable a port as well as enable or disable the
following:
❏ Broadcast filtering
❏ Store-and-forwarding
❏ The Spanning Tree protocol
Table 5-14 describes each field in the PortCtrl menu.
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Note: For instructions on using this menu, see “Config-
uring Port Parameters” on page 4-11 or “Enabling or Dis-
abling a Port” on page 4-14.
Table 5-14 PortCtrl Menu
Field Description
Group Read-only field; displays the number of the group to
which the selected port belongs.
Port Read-only field; displays the number of the selected
port.
State Configurable field; allows you to enable or disable the
selected port.
▲ Important: This not only enables or disables the
selected port, but it also controls the port’s Spanning
Tree Protocol and LED status.
Filter Configurable field; enables or disables the broadcast
packet filtering control on the selected port.
❏
enabled — broadcast packets are discarded.
❏
disabled — broadcast packets are processed
normally.
StNFw Configurable field; enables or disables the store-and-
forward control information for the selected port.
❏
enabled — the port stores the received
packet then forwards it.
❏
disabled — the store-and-forward ability is
disabled.
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