HP Procurve auto mdi/x

[Foxy2]

Does anyone know if it is possible to switch off the auto mdi/x feature on HP Procurve switches? It can cause problems if people accidently create a loop in the network. (Normally you would need a cross over cable to cause this)(we don't want to use spanning tree on our network as this causes lots of problems).

Thanks

 

[g6udx]

Turning off the auto speed sense also turns off auto MDI/MDIX

 

[Foxy2]

Trouble is when you have lots of switches you don't want to set the speed/duplex manually for each port.