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Auto Negotiation — Select to enable auto-negotiation on the port.

Auto-Negotiation enables a port to advertise its transmission rate,

duplex mode, and Flow Control abilities to other devices.

Energy Efficient Ethernet — Globally enable/disable Energy Efficient

Ethernet and the EEE LLDP advertisement feature.

Short Reach Energy Saving —TBD Globally enable/disable Short

Reach Energy Saving feature.

Current Auto Negotiation — Displays the current auto-negotiation

setting.

Admin Advertisement — Check the auto-negotiation setting the port

advertises. The possible options are:

Max Capability — The port advertises all the options that it can

support.

10 Half — The port advertises for a 10 mbps speed port and half

duplex mode setting.

10 Full — The port advertises for a 10 mbps speed port and full

duplex mode setting.

100 Half — The port advertises for a 100 mbps speed port and

half duplex mode setting.

100 Full — The port advertises for a 100 mbps speed port and full

duplex mode setting.

1000 Full — The port advertises for a 1000 mbps speed port and

full duplex mode setting.

Current Advertisement — Displays the port advertises its speed to its

neighbor port to start the negotiation process. The possible field

values are those specified in the Admin Advertisement field.

Neighbor Advertisement — Displays the neighboring port’s

advertisement settings. The field values are identical to the Admin

Advertisement field values.

Back Pressure — Enable/disable Back Pressure mode that is used with

Half Duplex mode to disable ports from receiving messages.

Current Back Pressure — Displays the current Back Pressure setting.