Intel 550T Switch User Manual


 
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C H A P T E R 3 Standard Configuration
Changing the flow control
on a port
Flow control prevents the loss of frames during busy periods. To
change the flow mechanism on a port:
Note This feature is over-ridden by disabling the flow control set-
ting in
Device Setup>Switching.
1 Click the port you want to change.
2 Select Port Setup.
3 Click Port Mode.
4 In Flow Control, click the flow control you want.
Default uses the same flow control as specified in Device
Setup.
5
Click OK.
Port Specific Spanning Tree
Purpose You can:
View the Spanning Tree setups for the port
Specify whether STP (Spanning Tree Protocol) is enabled on the
port
Define which ports are going to be used most frequently
Changing the state of a
port
To specify that a port is using STP:
1 Click the port you want to change.
2 Select Port Setup.
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