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Optimizing Traffic Flow with Port Controls, Port Trunking, and Filters
Overview
Overview
This chapter includes:
Configuring ports to non-default settings (page 9-2)
These settings include enable/disable, mode (speed and duplex), flow
control, port-trunk group, and port-trunk type. You can also set a
broadcast limit that applies to all ports on the switch.
Port aggregation: Creating and modifying a port trunk group (page 9-10)
You can configure static and dynamic trunks. Includes non-protocol
trunks, LACP (802.3ad) trunks, and FEC trunks.
Traffic/Security Filters: Configuring filters based on source-port, proto-
col, and multicast address.
Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port
Parameters
Port Status and Configuration Features
Feature Default Menu CLI Web
viewing port status n/a page 9-5 page 9-6 page 9-9
configuring ports See Table 9-1 on page 9-5 page 9-8 page 9-9
pages 9-3 and
9-4
Note On Connecting If the switch either fails to show a link between an installed transceiver and
Transceivers to
another device, or demonstrates errors or other unexpected behavior on the
Fixed-Configuration
link, check the port configuration on both devices for a speed and/or duplex
Devices
(mode) mismatch. To check the mode setting for a port on a Series 5300XL
Switches, use either the Port Status screen in the menu interface (page 9-5)
or show interfaces brief in the CLI (page 9-6).
9-2