To understand the complete state of the ports, use this window
with
The window shows data collected at each system refresh (every 60
seconds). To manually refresh the status, click
Refresh on the toolbar.
You can sort the contents in each table column either alphabetically
or numerically by clicking the column heading.
Column |
Explanation |
Port |
The number of the port, including port type (such as Fa
for Fast Ethernet and Gi for Gigabit Ethernet), the module
slot number (0, 1, or 2), and the specific port number. |
Description |
The description of the port. This is configured from Configure
> Port Settings. |
Status |
The state of the port. The state of a port can be up,
down, or administratively (manually) enabled or disabled.
For explanations of the colors used in this column, click
Legend
on the toolbar. You can administratively enable or disable
the port from Configure > Port
Settings. |
VLAN |
The VLAN ID to which the port belongs (also known as its
VLAN membership).
The defaults are:
The VLAN ID range for all internal and external ports is 1 to 4094:
To change the VLAN IDs for the external ports, use
Configure > Smartports
> Customize or the command-line
interface (CLI).
If the port belongs to more than one VLAN, trunk
appears in this column.
Note: From the device manager, you can assign
the port to only one VLAN. To assign the port to multiple
VLANs,
use the CLI.
|
Speed |
The operating speed of the port. The speed can be 10, 100,
or 1000 Mbps. This is configured from Configure
> Port Settings. |
Duplex |
The duplex state of the port. The duplex mode can be full
or half duplex. This is configured from Configure
> Port Settings. |
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