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Layer-1🔗

Eth-Port Settings🔗

Eth-Port Settings let the operator to define settings specific to a port related to Layer-1 and Layer-2 features such as port speed, speed/duplex negotiation, and Power-over-Ethernet (PoE).

The following figure shows the detail within an Ethernet Port Settings dialog box:

Create an Eth-Port Setting🔗

How to Create Template Objects

How to Create a Template Object🔗

The process of creating a Template Object is the same for all Templates

  1. Double-click Templates to view all Template choices ().
  2. Click the desired tool required to create the Template ().
  3. In the window that opens, click the Add button ().
  4. Name the object and click the Create button ().
  5. Fill in the parameters and settings of the object ().
  6. Toggle the Enable switch to make the Template active (if desired) ().

Apply an Eth-Port Setting🔗

  1. Choose the port to apply the Eth-Port Setting on ().
  2. Open the port editing window and assign the Eth-Port Setting in the right most dropdown menu ().

Breakouts🔗

Breakout Port🔗

A breakout port refers to a high-density network port that can be split or "broken out" into multiple lower-speed connections using specialized cables or modules ().

SFP Breakouts🔗

SFP stands for Small Form-factor Pluggable. These are compact, hot-pluggable network transceivers used for both telecommunications and data communications applications.

An SFP Breakout refers to using a breakout cable or adapter to split a single high-speed port into multiple lower-speed SFP connections.

In Verity, the SFP Breakouts feature () allows users to configure how SFP (Small Form-factor Pluggable) modules function within a switch. This feature can automatically detect the breakout configuration in two ways:

  1. Automatic detection: The software reads the SFP module's specifications after it's inserted into the switch

  2. Manual configuration: Users can define the behavior based on the module's vendor and part number

Users can configure SFP breakout behavior through the interface using either:

  • Global settings: Apply the same configuration across all ports
  • Individual port settings: Customize behavior for specific ports

Warning

Breakout settings are constrained by the switch's capabilities. If the physical limitations of the switch are exceeded, an error is displayed, and the device turns red. Hovering over the device will show the following error message:

Attempting to add [number of breakouts] to pipeline [pipeline index] with [available space] available.

  • number of breakouts is the count of attempted breakout additions.
  • pipeline Index indicates the specific pipeline number or identifier.
  • available space is the remaining breakouts that can be added to the pipeline.

Globally🔗

If your intent is to set SFP device behaviors globally, throughout your system, you set this information in the Global / SFP Breakouts list. Here, you list devices by vendor and part number, and you set the behavior for each device under the field labeled breakout. Some SFP breakout cables identify themsleves with the same part number on each end which can result in misconfiguration based on using system wide defaults. In these cases, the user should set the behavior in the global section for the broken out side of the breakout cable, and use the port specific override method for the "1x" side of the cable.

Port Specific Override🔗

If your intent is to set an SFP device behavior on a specific port and override existing behavior, you can do so with the SFP Breakout Override form. Setting SFP devices in this way overrides existing automatic behaviors as well as the behaviors dictated in the Global Breakout settings. The drop down list in the UI is provided after the switching device has been discovered and is under management of Verity. The switch is interrogated by Verity and then The UI provides a specific drop down list based on the SFP and port it is plugged into. This precludes the ability to pre-provision port specific breakout.

It should be noted that there are limitations to the combinations and locations of multiple SFPs and the vendor's hardware specifications should be referred to in these cases. There are cases where the request from the Verity system to the switch can fail based on these limitation, and is indicated as such in the system displaying a "red fill" on the device after trying to set the port specific breakout.