3Com OfficeConnect User Manual - page 54
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Port Setup
This page specifies the state (enabled or disabled),
and configuration of the port, as shown in
Figure 4-11
Port Setup Page
No configuration is required for normal network
operation. The fields on this page simply allow you to
customize the port functionality to suit your network
configuration and operation, to ensure peak network
performance. Therefore, if you do not understand
how a feature works, do not change its setting.
The fields are:
Port State
Enabled / Disabled
Specifies whether the port can receive and forward
information to the network.
CAUTION:
Do not disable the port that you are
using to manage the switch over the network.
IFM
Enabled / Disabled
Specifies whether
IFM
(Intelligent Flow Management)
is enabled or disabled. IFM minimizes packet loss
which can occur with conventional switches. IFM
should be disabled if the port is connected to a
repeated segment where the traffic is mainly local to
that segment.
IFM does not work on a port which uses full duplex,
therefore you cannot set the Intelligent Flow
Management field to Enabled if the Duplex field is set
to Full.
Interactive Access
Enabled / Disabled
Specifies whether Interactive Access is enabled or
disabled for the port.
This field is fixed as ‘Not available’ if PACE is disabled
for the unit.
Interactive Access is part of
PACE
(Priority Access
Control Enabled). PACE can be enabled for the unit,
and allows multimedia traffic to be carried over
standard Ethernet and Fast Ethernet networks. For
information on PACE and how to enable or disable it
for the unit, refer to