Asante Technologies 6200 Spanning Tree Configuration, Forwarding Database/Security Configuration

Spanning Tree Configuration

Spanning Tree Configuration

This menu allows you to view and configure the IntraSwitch’s Spanning Tree parameters.

The unit is shipped with Spanning Tree enabledon all ports. You cannot disable Spanning Tree on an individual port basis. See Chapter 7, “Advanced Management” for use of this menu to configure the Spanning Tree Protocol.

Forwarding Database/Security Configuration

This menu allows the user to view and search for addresses in the IntraSwitch’s MAC Forwarding Table. It also provides the option for displaying MAC addresses and IP/MAC binding by individual port.

The MAC Forwarding Table is a table of node addresses that the IntraSwitch automatically builds by "listening and learning," It performs this task by monitoring the packets that pass through the IntraSwitch, checking the source and destination addresses, and then recording the source address information in the table.

The IntraSwitch uses the information in this table to decide whether a frame should be forwarded to a particular destination port or “flooded” to all the ports other than the received port. Each entry consists of the MAC address of the device and an identifier for the port on which it was received.

ΔNote: The MAC address table can hold a maximum of 8,192 entries.

To access the Forwarding DB/Security Configuration Menu, type f in the Configuration Menu. A screen similar to Figure 5- 10 appears.

Page 5-27