Introduction 1 - 9
This version of the Bridge Module software also provides SNMP (Simple
Network Management Protocol), which allows the bridge to be managed
from a SNMP-based network management workstation.
The Bridge Module offers capabilities to help manage your extended LAN.
The primary categories of management functions are:
1. Bridge and N etwo rk Status Reporting
2. Network Statistic Co llection and Reporting
3. Bridge Address Filter Settings
The reporting and other network management o ptions are described in
detail in Chapters 3 and 4.
Media Configuration Options
The Bridge Module offers two connection alternatives:
❑One AUI port connector (port 1) and one Backplane channel (port 2)
❑Two Backplane channels (ports 1 and 2)
Message traffic flows between stations on LANs connected by the Bridge
Modules as if they were on one extended LAN. Since CSMA/CD (Carrier
Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection) coll ision information does not
have to propagate between interconnected networks on an extended LAN,
you can configure each LAN up to the normal maximum length and
number of stations.
A sample configuration is shown in Figure 1-2.