Cabletron Systems 9E423, 9E312 manual Front Panel Information, Connection Status

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The 9E312/9E423 Module View

By clicking in designated areas of the module’s graphical display (as detailed later in this chapter), or by using the menu bar at the top of the Module View window, you can access all of the menus that lead to more detailed device- and port- level windows.

When you move the mouse cursor over a management “hot spot” the cursor icon will

TIP change into a “hand” to indicate that clicking in the current location will bring up a management option.

Note also that there are scroll arrows at the top and bottom of the port stack of the 9E423 Modules’ port display. Use these arrows to scroll through the port stack.

Front Panel Information

The areas above and to the right of the main module display area provide the following device information:

NOTE

Preliminary versions of 9E312 module firmware may provide incomplete address information or firmware version information.

IP

The Internet Protocol address assigned to the 9E312/9E423 Module appears in the title bar of the Module View window; this will display the IP address you have used to create the 9E312/9E423 Module in the MMAC-Plus Chassis Setup window or to create its icon via SPECTRUM Element Manager. IP addresses are assigned via Local Management.

Connection Status

This color-coded area indicates the current state of communication between SPECTRUM Element Manager and the 9E312/9E423 Module.

Green indicates the 9E312/9E423 Module is responding to device polls (valid connection).

Blue indicates an unknown contact status — polling has not yet been established with the 9E312/9E423 Module.

Red indicates the 9E312/9E423 Module is not responding to device polls (device is off line, or device polling has failed across the network for some other reason).

Up Time

The amount of time, in a day(s) hh:mm:ss format, that the 9E312/9E423 Module has been running since the last start-up.

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Contents Page Virus Disclaimer Page Restricted Rights Notice Page Contents Index 9E312/9E423 Module BridgingIntroduction Using the 9E312 and 9E423 User’s Guide IntroductionRelated Manuals Software Conventions Common 9E312 and 9E423 Window FieldsUsing Buttons and Menus Using On-line Help Getting HelpGetting Help from Cabletron Systems Technical Support 9E312 and 9E423 Firmware FTPIntroduction 9E312 and 9E423 Firmware 9E312/9E423 Module View Viewing Module Information 9E312/9E423 Module ViewFront Panel Information Connection StatusMenu Structure E312/9E423 Module View Menu Structure Device MenuUtilities Menu Help MenuBridge Menu 9E312/9E423 Module Port Status Display Bridge Port MenuChassis Manager Window Setting the Device Date and Time Managing the ModuleViewing the Device Type Edit Time Window Using the Find Source Address Feature Enabling and Disabling Bridge PortsSummary Information Find Source Address WindowType Interface Description FieldsIndex DescriptionInterface Performance Statistics/Bar Graphs Raw CountsInterface Detail Window LoadRate Interface Detail Window Statistics UnicastDiscarded ErrorMulticast Unknown ProtocolPackets Transmitted Testing and Disabling the Current InterfacePackets Received Making Sense of Interface StatisticsUsing the Applications Pull-down menu 9E312/9E423 Module View Summary Information 9E312/9E423 Module Bridging Bridging BasicsAn Overview of Remote Bridge Management More on Transparent BridgingBridge Status Window Bridge Status Window Information Fields Bridge State on InterfaceInterface Type Interface AddressInterface Speed Enabling and Disabling Bridging Bridge StatisticsPerformance Graphs Frames Forwarded Green Errors RedBridge Performance Graph Window Fields Filtered MagentaInterface Statistics Window Configuring the Bridge Performance GraphsInterface Statistics Window Fields AddressBridge Spanning Tree Non-Unicast9E312/9E423 Module Bridging Configuring the Bridge Spanning Tree Window Bridge Level FieldsBridge Priority Root Port Root BridgeRoot Cost ProtocolBridge Port Level Fields Designated Root Path CostDesignated Cost Designated BridgeChanging Bridge Spanning Tree Parameters Changing Bridge PriorityChanging the Spanning Tree Algorithm Protocol Type Changing Forwarding Delay Time Changing Hello TimeChanging Max Age Time Filtering Database Changing Port PriorityChanging Path Cost 9E312/9E423 Module Bridging Filtering Database Window Number Filtering Database Window FieldsList CapacityReceive Port Configuring the Filtering DatabaseSource Port Port FilteringAltering the Ageing Time Changing the Type of EntryChanging the Receive Port Changing the Port Filtering Action Adding or Deleting Individual EntriesUsing Port Source Addressing Clearing All Permanent, Static, or Dynamic EntriesSetting the Ageing Time Device Ageing Time WindowDuplex Modes Duplex Modes WindowDuplex Modes Window Fields InterfaceFull Duplex Setting the Duplex Mode Index Index-2