HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX - Manual (Page 56)

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Managing Switches
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Configuration - Assigning a Monitoring Port
The Monitor Port tab (only found on switches) lets you select a “Monitoring
Port” that you can use with a network analyzer to monitor other ports on the
switch. For the HP J3298A and HP J3299A you can only choose the
Monitoring port and the port to be monitored. For other switches you can
choose to have all the ports for one VLAN monitored, or you can select
individual ports to be monitored. See the online help for information on
specific switches.
Table 7-2. Switch Port Configuration Settings
Setting Description
Port The port number. The port may be appended with one of the
following:
• Trkx - The port trunk to which this port belongs
• Mesh - The port has been assigned to a switch mesh domain
• MP - The port is a Monitor Port
Port Type The MAC layer type, for example, 100VG or FDDI.
Enabled Whether the port is enabled or disabled.
Config Mode The speed and duplexing for the port. Auto mode will negotiate
with the device on that port to determine the mode.
Click on Modify Selected Ports to change the mode.
Flow Control Indicates the current state of flow control for this port. When
disabled, the port does not generate flow control packets and
drops any flow control packets it receives.
• 10/100TX, 10FL, 100FX:
– On - Flow control is enabled.
– Off - Flow control is disabled (default).
• Gigabit:
– On (TX, RX) - Flow control is enabled on transmit and
receive.
– On (RX) - Flow control on receive only.
– Off (default) - Flow control is disabled.
Bcast Limit The Broadcast Limit, expressed as a percentage of broadcast
packets relative to the theoretical limit. Any broadcast or multicast
traffic exceeding this limit will be dropped. A value of zero
indicates that no limit is to be applied.Values range from 0-99.