Editing and viewing switch ports

Port configuration tasks are performed in Device Manager on the Port screen. Open the Port screen by selecting a port in the Device View and selecting Edit, Port from the menu. Multiple ports can be edited by selecting ports from the Device View with the Control (CTRL) key depressed.

The presentation of the Port screen differs when one port is selected or multiple ports are selected. This difference is mainly in presentation although some options are not be available when multiple ports are selected. These exceptions are noted in their descriptions.

The following sections describe some of the tabs on the Port screen:

For information on the VLAN, LACP, VLACP, ADAC, and STP BPDU-Filtering tabs, refer to Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 Series Configuration — VLANs, Spanning Tree, and Multi-Link Trunking () (NN47200-502). For information on the EAPOL, EAPOL Advance, and NSNA tabs, refer to Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 Series Security — Configuration () (NN47200-501).