| Description | Indicates the administrative status set on the
channel ports. If the status is set to on(1), the
channelling is enabled. If the status is set to
off(2), the channelling is disabled. If the status
is set to desirable(3), the port initiates a pagp
negotiation request to become a channel and will
become a channel if the far end agrees. If the
status is set to auto(4), the port does not
initiate a request to become a channel but will do
so if it receives a request to become a channel
from the far end. If the status is set to
desirableSilent(5), the port initiates a pagp
negotiation request to become a channel and will
become a channel if the far end agrees. If the
port doesn't receive any packets from far end,
then after some timeout period the port forms a
channel by itself. If the status is set to
autoSilent(6), the port does not initiate a
request to become a channel, but will do so if it
receives a request to become a channel from the
far end. If the port doesn't receive any request,
then after some timeout period the port forms a
channel by itself. |