Intel express 550t User Manual
500.bok : 50003 61 Fri Sep 11 14:52:16 1998
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C H A P T E R 3
Standard Configuration
Changing the flow control
on a port
on a port
Flow control prevents the loss of frames during busy periods. To
change the flow mechanism on a port:
change the flow mechanism on a port:
Note
This feature is over-ridden by disabling the flow control set-
ting in
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
port
•
Define which ports are going to be used most frequently
Changing the state of a
port
port
To specify that a port is using STP:
1
Click the port you want to change.
2
Select
Port Setup
.
3
Click
Spanning Tree
.