Cabletron Systems 9A128-01 manual Configuration, Fddi Management

FDDI Management

•Station List — With this window you can see the configuration of the ring on which the SMT entity resides, including number of nodes, node addresses (both Canonical and MAC), node class, and current ring topology.

•Performance — This window lets you view the number of frames transmitted and received on the ring as detected by the selected SMT entity, along with error and lost frames, and the number of ring initializations.

To use the FDDI menu:

1.Click on FDDI in the Module View; drag down to select SMT 1, and to the right to reveal the following FDDI menu (Figure 4-1).

Figure 4-1. The FDDI Menu

2. Drag to select the desired option.

Configuration

The Configuration window, Figure 4-2, informs you about the configuration of the selected module’s FDDI backplane connection and the operating state of the FDDI ring to which it is connected, and displays parameters relating to ring initialization.

Figure 4-2. The Configuration Window

4-2 Configuration