Port Status and Basic Configuration
Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters
Status or
Parameter
Description
Type This parameter appears in the CLI show trunk listing and, for a port in a trunk group, specifies the type of
trunk group. The default Type is passive LACP, which can be displayed by using the CLI show lacp command.
For more on port trunking, see “Port Trunking” on page Chapter 12, “Port Trunking” .
Broadcast Specifies the percentage of the theoretical maximum network bandwidth that can be used for broadcast
Limit and multicast traffic. Any broadcast or multicast traffic exceeding that limit will be dropped. Zero (0) means
the feature is disabled.
Series 2600 Switches, Series 2600-PWR Switches, Series 4100gl Switches, and the Switch 6108: The
broadcast-limit command operates at the global configuration context level to set the broadcast limit
for all ports on the switch.
Series 2800 Switches: The broadcast-limit command operates at the port context level to set the
broadcast limit on a per-port basis.
Menu: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port
Parameters
From the menu interface, you can configure and view all port parameter
settings and view all port status indicators.
Using the Menu To View Port Status. The menu interface displays the
status for ports and (if configured) a trunk group.
From the Main Menu, select:
Status and Counters. . .
Port Status
In this example,
ports A7 and A8
have previously
been configured
as a trunk group.
Figure 10-1. Example of the Port Status Screen
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