Configure Ports in Bulk

Before you begin, create a Switch template.

Use this task to create ports in bulk.

  1. Go to Configure > Network Policies > existing switch template > Configuration > Port Configuration, then under Configure Ports in Bulk, select one or more ports and select Assign > Create New.
  2. If this template applies to a 5570 or 5520 switch, you can define VIM Port Channelization ports.
    1. Under Configure Ports in Bulk, choose Select VIM.
    2. For a 5570 switch, select VIM-6YE or VIM-2CE.
    3. For a 5520 switch, select VIM-4X, VIM-4XE, or VIM-4YE.
      Note

      Note

      If you need to create different templates for different VIMs on the same switch model, you can create a classification rule so that different devices have the same template with different VIM options. For more information about classification rules, see Configure a Classification Rule.
    4. Select one or more of these VIM ports and continue to Step 3.
  3. Configure the port settings.

Table 1. Settings for Port Bulk Configuration
Setting Description
Port Type Enter a Port Type name.
Port Status Toggle Port Status On or Off.
Auto-Sense Toggle Auto-Sense On or Off (Fabric Engine device only).

Auto-Sense detects connected device types and automatically configures specific port settings. Certain port settings are not configurable.
Port Usage Settings Select one of the following port types:
  • Auto-Sense Enabled: The only option if previously selected. (Fabric Engine device only)
  • Access Port: Ports connected to individual hosts such as printers, servers, and end-user computers.
  • Trunk port (802.1Q VLAN Tagging): Ports connected to network forwarding devices that support multiple VLANs on trunk ports.
  • Phone with a Data Port: Ports connected to IP phones, and optionally, to computers cabled to the phones.
Access Port For an Access Port, select an existing VLAN or select the add icon to add a new one.

Tag the VLAN to a particular access port to control and monitor switch traffic. To add a new VLAN, see Configure VLAN Settings.

Note: For Switch Engine the none keyword is available for entry as a VLAN. Alternatively, a common object VLAN can be created with the VLAN ID using the none keyword. Using none removes the assignment of the native VLAN from the port.
Trunk Port For a Trunk Port, select an existing Native VLAN or select the add icon to add a new one.

The native (untagged) VLAN is the VLAN assigned to frames that do not have any 802.1Q VLAN tags in their headers. By default, Extreme Networks devices also use VLAN 1 as the native VLAN. To add a new VLAN, see Configure VLAN Settings.

Note: For Switch Engine the all keyword can be used. Using all will automatically tag VLAN IDs to the ports that are also defined within other port types assigned to the Switch Engine device.
Allowed VLANS For Allowed VLANS, enter a specific number or leave the All default.
Phone with Data Port For Phone with Data Port (Voice): This option offers additional CDP advertisement options within VLAN settings.
  • Voice VLAN (tagged) and Data VLAN (untagged) can be specified under the VLAN Settings tab.
  • LLDP Voice VLAN Options are disabled by default. When enabled, the default behavior is to also to Enable LLDP advertisement of 802.1 VLAN ID and port protocol of Voice VLAN.
  • If checked, select a value for Enable LLDP advertisement of med Voice VLAN DSCP Value.
  • If checked, select a value for Enable LLDP advertisement of med Voice Signaling VLAN DSCP Value.
    Note: LLDP MED Capabilities are available for Switch Engine for any port usage type.
  • CDP Voice VLAN Options is disabled by default. When enabled, the default behavior is to also enable the following:
    • Enable CDP advertisement of Voice VLAN
    • Enable CDP advertisement of power available
Note: If the LLDP/CDP options are enabled, then CDP/LLDP options within Transmission Settings are automatically enabled.
Transmission Settings Under Port Settings, for Transmission Settings, configure the following:
  • Transmission Type. Valid values are:
    • Auto. Selecting Auto causes the switch to negotiate the best possible duplex mode possible with the connected device.
    • Full-Duplex. Selecting Full-Duplex forces the switch to communicate with the connected device using full-duplex communication.
    • Half-Duplex. Selecting Half-Duplex forces the switch to communicate with the connected device using half-duplex communication.
  • Transmission Speed: Choose the speed the port uses to communicate with the connected device.
  • LLDP Transmit: Enables the switch to transmit LLDPDU frames.
  • LLDP Receive: Enables the switch to receive LLDPDU frames.
  • Enable CDP: Enables the switch to receive and parse the information within Cisco CDP frames.
  • Client Reporting: Enables collection and reporting of learned MAC addresses for the port.
STP For STP:
  • STP Status: Toggle ON to enable STP for the port.
  • Edge Port: Connects to a user terminal or server, instead of other switches or shared network segments. A port configured as an edge port will not cause a loop upon network topology changes.
  • BPDU Protection (Switch Engine devices only): Use the drop-down list to change BPDU protection to guard or filter status.
    • Guard - Controls whether a port explicitly configured as Edge will disable itself upon reception of a BPDU. The port will enter the error-disabled state, and will be removed from the active topology.
    • Disabled - Turns off BPDU Protection.
  • Toggle the switch to On to enable BPDU Restrict.
  • For BPDU recovery timeout, input a time between 60-600 seconds.
  • Priority: When this port is an STP edge port, select a port priority for STP from the drop-down list.
  • Enter the Path Cost (bandwidth) for this port.
Note: The port is re-enabled automatically when time expires.
Storm Control For Storm Control:
  • Broadcast: Select to include traffic that is forwarded to all destinations simultaneously.
  • Unknown Unicast: Select to include traffic whose destination address does not appear in the forwarding database.
  • Multicast: Select to include traffic whose destination is a multicast address.
  • Thresholds: Packet Based is the default.
  • Rate Limit Type: PPS (packets per second) is the default.
  • Rate Limit Value: Enter when the switch should discard traffic of the selected types.
MAC Locking For MAC Locking, enable the per port type with the option to specify Maximum First Arrival Limit and specify the Link Down Action.

By default, Link Down Action is set to clear first arrival MACs, with the option to retain MACs. We also have the option to take action when MACs are aged out.

Note: MAC Locking must also be enabled on a per-port basis within a port type.
ELRP For ELRP Enabled, toggle to ON to enable ELRP per port (disabled by default).

Switch Engine switches support the ability to configure ELRP Exclude on a port type which will not allow ELRP to disable the port when ELRP packets are received.
PSE For PSE, select an existing profile or select the plus sign to add a new one. For more information, see Configure PSE Parameters
POE Status Toggle POE Status to the required setting.

  1. Select Save Port Type.
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