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Port--General tab fields  

The following table describes the fields on the General tab.


Field Description
Name
The name of the port.
Mode
The port's mode-- full-duplex, half-duplex, full-or-half-duplex, or other.
Flow Control
The port's flow control--transmit, receive, both transmit and receive, none, or other.
Link
The link's current state--up, down, disabled, or inoperative.
Speed
The port's current speed--10Mbs, 100Mbs, 1000Mbps, or other.
Description
Description of the Network Interface Card (NIC).
Type
The type of interface.
MTU
The largest number of bytes of a packet--the Maximum Transmission Unit of the port.
MAC Address
The MAC address of the WSM.
Operational Status
The port's current state--
  • Up--enabled, port has link and is in a forwarding state.
  • Down--disabled, port is not in a forwarding state
  • Testing--allows you to run loopback tests on the BFM port to verify forwarding functionality without impacting the entire WSM. Not recommended, modifying BFM ports can cause communication with the WSM to be lost.
Last Change
The date and time the interface entered its current operational state with configuration change or automatically back online--year/month/day-hour:minute:second.
If the current state is configured before the network management system, Last Change will be 0 (zero).
Link Trap
Enables or disables linkUp/linkDown traps.

See also


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