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Table 6 Fields in the LAN Emulation Client Displays (continued)

Parameter

Description

 

 

enabled

Current management state of the client (disabled or enabled)

inArpReqs

Number of LE_ARP requests received

inArpRsps

Number of LE_ARP responses received

inBus

Number of frames transmitted to the Broadcast and Unknown

 

Server

inCtrls

Number of control frames received

inDds

Number of frames received on data direct circuits

lecAddress

ATM address of client

LesAddr

ATM address of current LAN Emulation Server

maxUnkFrmTime

Requested time period during which the client will send no

 

more than the maximum number of unknown frames to the

 

Broadcast Unknown Server (BUS) for a given destination (C11)

outCtrls

Number of control frames transmitted

outDds

Number of frames transmitted on data direct circuits

outArpReqs

Number of LE_ARP requests transmitted

outArpRsps

Number of LE_ARP responses transmitted

outBus

Number of frames received from the Broadcast and Unknown

 

Server

outBusUcDscrds

Number of unknown unicast frames thrown away by the

 

Broadcast and Unknown Server

requestedState

Requested management state of the client (disabled or

 

enabled)

topologyChgFlag

Boolean value indicating that the client is using Forward Delay

 

Time rather than Aging Time to age nonlocal entries in its

 

LE_ARP cache (C19)

 

 

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