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User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
OL-26572-01
Chapter
5






Importing

and

Managing

Devices
Configuring
Devices
Configuring
Access

Ports
You
can

configure

access

port

attributes

for

a

selected

device.

An

access

port

receives

and

sends

traffic
in
native

formats

with

no

VLAN

tagging.

Traffic

that

arrives

on

an

access

port

is

assumed

to

belong

to
the
VLAN

assigned

to

the

port.

If

an

access

port

receives

a

tagged

packet

(Inter-Switch

Link

[ISL]

or
802.1Q
t

agged),

the

packet

is

dr

opped,

and

the

sour

ce

address

is

not


learned.
Procedure
Step
1
Choose
Config
>

Devices

>

All

Devices.
The
device

tr

ee

ap

pears.
Step
2
In
the

device

tree,
choose
the
device
that

you

want

to
configure
an

access

port

for,

and

choose
Interfaces
>

Access

Ports.
The
Interfaces

table

appears.
Step
3
From
the

Int

erfaces

table,

choose

the

por

t

t

hat
you
want

t

o
configure,
and

cl

ick
Edit.
The
Access

Ports

configuration

window

appears.
Step
4
In
the

Description
field,
enter

a

description

for

the

port.
Valid
entries

are

unquoted

text

strings

with

a

maximum

of

240

characters

including

spaces.
Step
5
In
the

Administrative

State

field,

choose
Up
or

Down

to

indicate

whether

the

port
should
be

up

or

down.
Step
6
In
the
Speed
field,

either

specify

the

speed

at

which

the

interface

is

to

operate

or

that

the

interface

is

to
automatically
negotiate

its

speed:

•
Au
t

o

—The

interface

is

to

automatically

negotiate

speed
with
the

connected

device.

•
10
Mbps—The

interface

is

to

operate

at

10

Mbps.

•
100
Mbps—The

interface

is
to
operate

at

100

Mbps.

•
1000
Mbps—The

interface

is

to

operate

at

1000

Mbps.
Step
7
In
the
Duplex
Mode
field,
specify
whether
the

interface

is
to
automatically

negotiate

its

duplex

mode

or
use
full-

or

ha

lf-duplex

mode:

•
Au
t

o

—The

interface

is

to

automatically

negotiate

duplex

mode

with

the
connected
device.

•
Full—The
interface

is

to

operate

in

full-duplex
mode.
In

this

mode,

two

connected

devices

can

send
and
receive

t

raffic

at


th

e

same

time.

•
Half—The
i

nterface

i

s
to

operate
in
half-duplex
mode.
In

this

mode,
two
connected

devices

can
either
send

or

receive

traffic.
Step
8
In
the

VLANs

field,

enter

individual

names

for
each
VLAN

to

which

the

interface

belongs.
The
allowable

range

is

1

to

4094.
Step
9
Do
one

of

the

following:

•
Click
Apply
to

save

your

entries

and

to

return

to

the
Interfaces
table.

•
Click
Cancel
to

exit

the

procedure

without

saving

your

entries

and

to

return

to

the

Interfaces

table.
Related
Topics

•
Configuring
Trunk

Ports,

page
5-44

•
Configuring
Switch

Virtual

Interfaces,

page
5-45