Cabletron Systems 1800 Switch User Manual


 
Configuring Physical Ports 6-5
Configuring a LAN Port
Each SmartSwitch 1800 contains an Ethernet or Token Ring (depending on the model)
port. To configure the port, press
[B]
at the Port Configuration Menu.
Figure 6-4 LAN Card Configuration Record
[A],[C],[B]
from Main Menu
Item C (
Ring Speed
) will not be displayed if
Type
is
Ethernet
.
This screen is called
LAN "Card" Configuration
because the software code
is shared with the FRX6000 and Frame Relay Module, both of which
contain one or (FRX6000 only) two LAN cards.
LAN Card Parameters
1
Token Ring SmartSwitch only.
Locally Admin MAC Addr
is a MAC address that will override the universally administered MAC address. If all
zeros are specified, the universal address will be used. Under most circumstances, this
parameter should be left at the default setting.
Ring Speed
specifies the speed of the ring to which the interface will connect.
Table 6-1 LAN Card Parameters
Parameter Valid Values Default Value
Locally Admin MAC Addr 000000000000–7ffffffffffff 000000000000
Ri ng S peed
1
4 MBits/sec
or
16 MBits/sec 16 MBits/sec
Node Name=nodexyz
LAN Card Configuration
* Interface Number: 0
* Type Token Ring
B Locally Admin MAC Addr 400000000001
C Ring Spee d 16 MB its/sec
Option: