Cabletron Systems BRIM-F6 manual Setting Frame Translation Types, Enabled

Chapter 3: Local Management

The Interpret 802.3 length for frames > 64 bytes field toggles between the following options:

•[DISABLED] (default setting)

•[ENABLED]

If you retain the default setting of [DISABLED], the HSIM-F6 only examines 802.3 frames that are the Ethernet minimum 64 bytes in length. This allows for optimal switching performance, as the HSIM-F6 assumes all frames over 64 bytes in length contain no padding.

If this field is set to [ENABLED] the HSIM-F6 examines ALL 802.3 frame length fields to determine whether any of the frames contain padding. In this setting, the HSIM-F6 removes unnecessary padding from any 802.3 frame, regardless of the size. Refer to Section 3.10.4 for information on when to set this field to [ENABLED]. Section 3.10.5 describes how to perform this task.

SAVE

This command saves all configuration changes to memory.

DEFAULT

This command sets all translation types to their default values.

3.10.2 Setting Frame Translation Types

To change the frame translations from the default settings, perform the following steps:

1.Use the arrow keys to highlight the desired frame type field, located inside the brackets.

2.Use the SPACE bar to toggle between the available choices.

3.With the desired frame type selected, use the arrow keys to highlight the SAVE command at the bottom of the screen, then press ENTER. The “Saved OK” message appears indicating that the changes have been saved to memory.

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