Redundant twisted pair ports – Allied Telesis AT-S63 User Manual
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Redundant Twisted Pair Ports
The twisted pair ports 21R to 24R on the AT-9424Ts and AT-9424Ts/XP
Switches are paired with four SFP slots. Follow these guidelines when
using these ports and slots:
Only one port in a pair — either the twisted pair port or the
corresponding SFP module — can be active at a time.
The twisted pair port is the active port when its SFP slot is empty, or
when an SFP module is installed but has not established a link to an
end node.
The twisted pair port automatically changes to the redundant status
mode when an SFP module establishes a link with an end node.
A twisted pair port automatically transitions back to the active status
when the link is lost on the SFP module.
A twisted pair port and an SFP module share the same configuration
settings, including port settings, VLAN assignments, access control
lists, and spanning tree.
An exception to the shared settings is port speed. If you disable Auto-
Negotiation on a twisted pair port and set the speed and duplex mode
manually, the speed reverts to Auto-Negotiation when a GBIC or SFP
module establishes a link with an end node.
Omit the letter “R” when specifying a redundant twisted pair port in a
command line command. For instance, the following command
assigns the description “Sales server” to port 23R on the AT-9424T/GB
Switch. The switch has the module ID 2:
set switch port=2.23 description=”Sales server”
Note
These guidelines do not apply to the XFP slots on the AT-9424Ts/XP
and AT-9448Ts/XP switches.