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Advanced Settings for BMC Ethernet

Table 1. Advanced Settings for BMC Ethernet
ItemOptionsDescription
Autonegotiation

  • No

  • Yes

[No]: You can choose the Data rate and Duplex mode.

[Yes]: Manual configuration is not needed.

Note
This item is unable to reset to the default value by using Load Default Settings on the main menu.
Data rate

When Autonegotiation is set to [Yes]:

Auto

When Autonegotiation is set to [No]:

  • 100 Mb (Ethernet)

  • 10 Mb (Ethernet)

Configures amount of data to be transferred per second over LAN connection.

Note

  • This feature appears only when Autonegotiation is set to [No].

  • This item is unable to reset to the default value by using Load Default Settings on the main menu.

Duplex

When Autonegotiation is set to [Yes]:

Auto

When Autonegotiation is set to [No]:

  • Half

  • Full

Sets type of communication channel used in the network.

[Full] allows the data to be transferred in both directions simultaneously.

[Half] allows the data to be transferred in one direction at a time.

Note

  • This feature appears only when Autonegotiation is set to [No].

  • This item is unable to reset to the default value by using Load Default Settings on the main menu.

Maximum Transmission Unit

1500

Specifies the maximum size of a packet (in bytes) for the network interface.

For IPv4 networks, the MTU range is from 68-1500 bytes

For IPv6 networks, the MTU range is from 1280-1500 bytes.