Physical interface

1. Summary

This page is for changing the physical interface settings.

2. Top page

This is the top page for the physical interface.

2.1. Interface list

  • The current operating status and settings for the physical interface are shown for each interface.

  • The table items are explained below.

    • Check box

      • Select the check box for bulk settings or to initialize the settings.

    • Port

      • Displays the interface name.

    • Link

      • Displays the link status for the interface.

      • Displays the port type in parentheses for other ports besides the LAN.

    • Speed settings

      • Displays the speed and communication mode settings.

      • If "Automatic" is set for the LAN port, the supported communication types are displayed in brackets.

    • EEE

      • Displays the operating status of the EEE function.

    • Description

      • Displays the description text that is set for the interface.

  • Press the "Setting" button to display the page for configuring the selected interface.

  • Press the "Specify all" button to configure the settings for all interfaces with the check box selected.

    • Bulk settings cannot be made by selecting ports of different types.

    • The default settings will be applied to the settings on the physical interface settings page.

  • Press the "Return to defaults" button to initialize the settings for all interfaces with the check box selected.

    • Each of the default settings are shown below.

      • Operation: Enable interface

      • Description: Not set

      • Speed/communication mode: Automatic

      • FEC function: Automatic

      • MRU: 1522 bytes

      • EEE function: Disabled (Don’t use power-conservation Ethernet function)

      • Automatic cross/straight detection: Enable

3. Physical interface settings page

This page is for changing physical interface-related settings.
Enter the settings, and then press the "Confirm" button.
If there are no mistakes in the input content of the confirmation screen, press the "OK" button.

3.1. Physical interface settings

  • Port

    • Displays the name of the interface for which settings will be made.

  • Operation

    • Select from the following interface operations.

      • Enable interface

      • Disable interface

  • Description

    • Sets the interface description text.

    • Characters that can be inputted include single-byte alphanumeric characters and symbols, excluding ?.

    • Up to 80 characters can be inputted.

  • Speed/communication mode

    • Select the interface speed and communication method from the following options.

      • For a LAN port

        • Automatic

        • 100Mbps / Full duplex

      • For an SFP port or combo port

        • Automatic

        • 1Gbps / Full duplex

      • For an SFP+ port

        • Automatic

        • 10Gbps / Full duplex

    • For a LAN port, select communication types to be supported by the "Automatic" setting from the following.

      • 10Gbps / Full duplex

      • 5Gbps / Full duplex

      • 2.5Gbps / Full duplex

      • 1Gbps / Full duplex

      • 100Mbps / Full duplex

  • FEC function

    • Select the operation for the FEC function from the following options.

      • Enable

      • Disable

    • If you select sentence enable, select the setting contents from the following options.

      • For an SFP28 port

        • Automatic

        • Clause 108 RS-FEC

        • Clause 74 FC-FEC, KR-FEC

      • For a QSFP28 port

        • Automatic

        • Clause 91 RS-FEC

    • You must match these settings with the target device settings.

  • MRU

    • Specify the maximum amount of data that can be received at one time.

    • The input range is 64 - 10240 bytes.

  • EEE function

    • EEE functions can only be set for the LAN port and combo port.

    • Select the operation for the EEE function from the following options.

      • Disable (Don’t use power-conservation Ethernet function)

      • Enable (Use power-conservation Ethernet function)

  • Automatic cross/straight detection

    • Select the operation for the automatic cross/straight detection from the following options.

      • Enable

      • Disable

    • If the automatic cross/straight detection is disabled, MDI is used for the cable connection type.