Properties Tab (Ports View)

This tab lists port information for a device, device group, or port element, depending on your selection in the left-panel device tree. The first time you access the Port Properties tab the table is blank and you must click the Retrieve button to display port information.

IMPORTANT: The Port Properties table is not automatically updated. Instead, the table must be refreshed using the Retrieve button to update the table information each time you access this tab. For example, if you leave the Port Properties tab and then return, the contents of the table will not have changed, even though conditions on device ports may have changed. You must retrieve the information again to get the latest data.

At the top left of the tab, there is a menu button that provides the following options:

Status Poller Options - opens a window where you can specify options for polling devices in the left-panel device tree. Console uses the polling options and poll groups defined here to contact the devices and update tree information.
PropView Options - opens a window where you can specify options that define the SNMP polling parameters and appearance of the Properties tab in Console.

Click table headings for more information.

IP Address: The IP address of the device and, when applicable the SNMP Context.

Display Name: The name that will be displayed for this device in Console's left-panel tree. The display name can be set in the Suite-Wide Options window to the device's IP Address, System Name, or Nickname.

Slot: The range of ports in some devices span multiple slots. For these devices, this column shows the board location (slot) within the chassis where the port is located.

Port: The port number (ifIndex).

Name: The interface name for the port.

Link Oper: Displays the status of the port's connection (link) with a remote port: Up, Down, Dormant, etc..

Description: A description of the port.

Alias: Shows the alias (ifAlias) for the interface.

Port Type: The interface type for the port.

MTU: The size of the largest packet (in octets) that can be sent or received on the port.

Bandwidth: An estimate of the port's current bandwidth in bits per second.

MAC Address: The port's MAC Address.

Link Admin: Configures the status of the port's connection (link) with a remote port: Up, Down, or Testing.

Statistics: These columns show port traffic statistics. These columns are hidden or displayed according to your selection from the Column Filter toolbar.

Configuration

These columns can be used to configure auto negotiation for selected port(s). If auto negotiation is disabled, you can manually configure the speed, duplex, and flow control parameters of the selected port(s). These columns are hidden or displayed according to your selection from the Column Filter toolbar.

To configure parameters on multiple ports, enable the Table Editor and select the ports in the table by swiping with your mouse or using the Ctrl or Shift keys. The information for the first port selected will be displayed in the Table Editor row. Any changes that you make will be applied to all of the selected ports. Use the drop-down lists in the Table Editor row to manually configure the parameters when auto negotiation is disabled on the selected port(s).

	NOTE:	If you manually configure these parameters, be sure that the remote port supports the same mode. Otherwise, no link between the local and remote port will be achieved.

Remote Auto Signal: Indicates whether auto negotiation signaling is detected on the remote port: Detected or Not Detected.

Auto Negotiate Config: Indicates whether auto negotiation signaling is in progress (Configuring) or has completed (Complete).

Auto Negotiate: Displays whether auto negotiation is enabled or disabled on the port.

Speed Oper: Displays the current operational speed for the port.

Speed Admin: Configures the speed for the port when it is not set to auto negotiation.

Duplex Oper: Displays the current duplex mode for the port: Half Duplex or Full Duplex.

Duplex Admin: Configures the duplex mode for the port when it is not set to auto negotiation: Half Duplex or Full Duplex.

Flow Control Columns: Displays the current flow control method that the port uses to notify the remote port that congestion is occurring and that the sending device should stop transmitting until the congestion can be cleared.

Capabilities

These columns display the operational modes that are supported by the local and remote ports and the specific operational modes, supported by the local port, that are being advertised to the remote port. These columns are hidden or displayed according to your selection from the Column Filter toolbar.

	NOTE:	This section does not apply if you have manually configured specific operational modes for your 100Base-TX port, or if you are configuring a 100Base-FX port.

Advertised Capabilities

Indicates the local port's advertised ability for each specific operational mode. The advertised ability only becomes active on ports that have auto negotiation enabled. Displays whether an operational mode is advertised to the remote port. Only those modes supported by the local port can be advertised. The table lists the currently advertised capabilities as a comma-separated string.

Advertised Capabilities Window With the Table Editor enabled, clicking in the editor row for this column opens the Advertised Capabilities window. This window lets you selectively advertise capabilities for one or more ports selected in the table.

Checked -- Indicates that the mode is being advertised.
Un-checked -- Indicates that the mode is not being advertised.

Local Capabilities: Indicates whether the local port's hardware capability supports each specific operational mode.

Remote Capabilities: Indicates the remote port's advertised ability for each specific operational mode.

Table Editor: This row is visible when the Show/Hide Table Editor button is toggled to make the Table Editor visible. Columns that contain a writable MIB object will appear in the Table Editor as an editable field or drop down list as appropriate for the object type (integer, boolean, text, etc.). Changing the value in the Table Editor row alters the value for that entry in the row(s) selected in the table. Clicking Apply sets the current writable table values on the device(s) in the currently selected device group.

Refresh: This button performs a refresh and rediscover of the devices in the table.

(Table Editor): This button toggles the Table Editor, where you can change the value of writable MIB objects in the table.

(Apply): This button sets the current writable table values on the devices in the currently selected device group.

	CAUTION:	Applying certain MIB objects can disable devices and cause interruptions to network operation. Do Not apply MIB values unless you are sure of the outcome.

(Retrieve): This button attempts to contact the selected device or device group to update the table information. The Properties view uses the Profile for the Read Access Level of the customizations for the current user. While retrieving information the button changes to a red octagon.

Right-Click Menu

A right-mouse click on a column heading or anywhere in the table body (or a left-mouse click on the Table Tools button when visible in the upper left corner of the table) opens a popup menu that provides access to other device related views and a set of Table Tools that can be used to manage information in the table.

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