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96 Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports
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[Ctrl] + left-click the ports that you want to configure. A yellow outline
appears around the selected ports.
2 Do one of the following:
• From the shortcut menu, choose Edit.
• From the Device Manager main menu, choose Edit > Port.
• On the toolbar, click Edit.
The Port Interface tab (Figure 40) shows port interface statistics.
Figure 40 Port dialog box — Port Interface tab
Table 34 describes the Port Interface tab fields.
Table 34 Interface tab fields for multiple ports
Field Description
Index A unique value assigned to each interface. The value ranges between
12 and 255.
Descr Type of switch and number of ports.
Type Media type for this interface.
Mtu Size of the largest packet, in octets, that can be sent or received on the
interface.
PhysAddress MAC address assigned to a particular interface.
AdminStatus Current administrative state of the interface, which can be one of the
following:
• up
• down
When a managed system is initialized, all interfaces start with
AdminStatus in the down state. AdminStatus changes to the up state
(or remains in the down state) as a result of either management action
or the configuration information available to the managed system.