Port Management

Note

Images of GS1024E are for reference only; details may vary by model.

Port Settings

Port: Specifies the physical port on the switch.
State: Select the port state to be Enabled or Disabled.
Automatic: Turn On or Off the auto-negotiation for the port.
Rate: Select the data transfer rate and mode (half or full duplex) for the port.
Flow Control: Turn On or Off the flow control to manage data transmission.
Apply: Click to save and apply your changes or settings.
The table displays the current state for each port and will change with the new settings.

Port Trunk

Trunk Group: Select a group of ports that can be managed as a single logical link. 4 trunk groups are available.
Member Port: Specify the port(s) that is one or several member(s) of the selected trunk group. You may press Ctrl key to select multiple ports at once.
Apply: Click to save and apply your changes or settings.
Select All: Click to select all the entries.
Delete: Click to delete the selected entries.

Port Mirror

Session: Identify a specific mirroring session.
Port Mirror: Select to Disable or Enable the Port Mirror.
Mirroring Port: Specify the port that will receive mirrored traffic.
Mirrored Port: Specify the port whose traffic will be mirrored.
Ingress: Select to Disable or Enable the mirrored incoming traffic.
Egress: Select to Disable or Enable the mirrored outgoing traffic.

Speed Limit

Port: Specify the port to apply speed limits to.
Ingress Speed: Set the maximum incoming data rate for the port.
Egress Speed: Set the maximum outgoing data rate for the port.
Apply: Click to save and apply your changes or settings.

Jumbo Frame

Jumbo Frame Enable: Select to Enable or Disable jumbo frame support.
MTU Size: Set the maximum transmission unit size for jumbo frames. Bigger MTUs enhance throughput but need compatible devices and careful management to avoid issues.
Apply: Click to save and apply your changes or settings.

EEE Config

How to enable the Energy-Efficient Ethernet (EEE) state to manage power consumption?

Check to select the port(s) to be configured.
Select to Enable or Disable the EEE State.
Click Apply to save and apply your changes or settings.

Storm Control

Storm Suppression manages traffic storms by limiting the rate of unknown unicast, multicast, and broadcast packets.

Port: Specify the port to apply storm control to.
State: Enable or Disable storm control.
Unknown Unicast Packets: Enable or Disable the the traffic storm control of unknown unicast packets.
Multicast Packets: Enable or Disable the the traffic storm control of multicast packets.
Broadcast Packets: Enable or Disable the the traffic storm control of broadcast packets.
Speed: Set the speed at which unicast/multicast/broadcast packets are suppressed.
Apply: Click to save and apply your changes or settings.

Traffic Monitor

Traffic Monitor tracks real-time data flow metrics including Tx/Rx bytes (transmitted/received data volume) and Tx/Rx pkts (packet counts) per port, in order to monitor bandwidth usage and detect anomalies.

Port: Displays the port being monitored.
Tx bytes: Displays the number of transmitted bytes.
Rx bytes: Displays the number of received bytes.
Tx pkts: Displays the number of transmitted packets.
Rx pkts: Displays the number of received packets.
Clear: Click to empty the traffic data in the table.

MAC Manage

Port Index: Identify the port for MAC address management.
Maximum MAC number: Set the maximum number of MAC addresses allowed on the specified port(s). 0 means disabled.
VID: Specify the VLAN ID.
MAC address: Enter the MAC addresses associated with the port.
Apply: Click to save and apply your changes or settings.
Add: Click to add a new MAC address entry into the Static MAC Address Table.
Delete: Click to delete the selected MAC address entry.
Dynamic MAC Address Table: Displays the dynamic MAC address table with index, VLAN ID, MAC address, port and aging time.
Aging time: Indicates the aging time for dynamic MAC addresses.