Configuring Physical Ethernet Ports

The Physical Ports table lets you configure the device's Ethernet ports. This includes configuring port speed and duplex mode (half or full), and a brief description of the port. The table also displays the status of the port as well as the port group (Ethernet Group) to which the port belongs. For more information on Ethernet Groups, see Configuring Ethernet Port Groups.

The names of the ports displayed in the device's management tools (e.g., Web interface) are different to the labels of the physical ports on the chassis. The figure below shows the mapping between the two:

Mediant 9000 Ethernet Port String Names

Mediant 9080 / Mediant 9000 Rev. B Ethernet Port String Names

Mediant 9030 Ethernet Port String Names

You can also view the mapping of the ports, using the following CLI command:

# show network physical-port
● Mediant 9080 / Mediant 9000 Rev. B: The figure above represents a configuration with 12x1-GbE ports. If the device is configured with 10-GbE ports (GE_9 until GE_12), then the correct port order is as follows: GE_12 | GE_11 | GE_10 | GE_9.
● Mediant 9030: GE_1, GE_2, GE_3, and GE_4 ports can be used only for signaling (SIP), OAMP, and HA Maintenance. These ports must not be used for media traffic.
● Each Ethernet Group must have a unique VLAN ID in scenarios where the ports of multiple Ethernet Groups are connected to the same switch.

The following procedure describes how to configure Ethernet ports through the Web interface. You can also configure it through ini file [PhysicalPortsTable] or CLI (configure network > physical-port).

➢ To configure the physical Ethernet ports:
1. Open the Physical Ports table (Setup menu > IP Network tab > Core Entities folder > Physical Ports).
2. Select a port that you want to configure, and then click Edit; the following dialog box appears:

3. Configure the port according to the parameters described in the table below.
4. Click Apply, and then restart the device with a save-to-flash for your settings to take effect.

Physical Ports Table Parameter Descriptions

Parameter

Description
General  

'Index'

(Read-only) Displays the index number for the table row.

'Name'

port

[Port]

(Read-only) Displays the Ethernet port number. See the figure in the beginning of this section for the mapping between the GUI port number and the physical port on the chassis.

'Description'

port-description

[PortDescription]

Defines a description of the port.

By default, the value is "User Port #<row index>".

Note: Configure each row with a unique name.

'Mode'

mode

[Mode]

(Read-only) Displays the mode of the port.

■ [0] Disable
■ [1] Enable (default)

'Speed and Duplex'

speed-duplex

[SpeedDuplex]

Defines the speed and duplex mode of the port.

■ [0] 10BaseT Half Duplex
■ [1] 10BaseT Full Duplex
■ [2] 100BaseT Half Duplex
■ [3] 100BaseT Full Duplex
■ [4] Auto Negotiation (default)
■ [6] 1000BaseT Half Duplex
■ [7] 1000BaseT Full Duplex

Ethernet Group

'Member of Ethernet Group'

group-member

[GroupMember]

(Read-only) Displays the Ethernet Group to which the port belongs.

To assign the port to a different Ethernet Group, see Configuring Ethernet Port Groups.

'Group Status'

group-status

[GroupStatus]

(Read-only) Displays the status of the port:

■ "Active": Active port. When the Ethernet Group includes two ports and their transmit / receive mode is configured to REDUN_2RX_1TX or REDUN_2RX_2TX, both ports show "Active".
■ "Redundant": Standby (redundant) port.