Intel EXPRESS 550T - Manuel (Page 71)

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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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