Statu s Displ ays 20-23
Bridge Status Displays

Bridge Port Status

Press [A] at the Brid ge Status Displays Menu to display the configurational and oper-
ational status of all Bridge ports in the node:
Figure 20-12 Bridge Port Status Display
[C],[F],[D],[A] from Main Menu
Bridge ID is in the form Pri ority . MAC Ad dr ess, where Priority is the hex
value of the Bridge Prio rity configured in the Bridge Port record.
If there are more Bridge ports than will fit on one screen, pressing [PgUp] or [PgDn]
will display other screens.
Pressing [F2] at the screen in Figure 20-12 will display a screen of Bridge Port Sta-
tistics for the ports on the above screen.
Information on the Bridge Port Stat us Dis pl ay:
●Type/F ormat – identifies the interface type (Ethernet, Token Ring, or frame
relay ) and (i f frame relay ) frame forma t (Nati ve LLC 2, 8025 _SRB, or 8023 _TB,
as configured in the Port record).
●Status (Active or Inactive) – is the op erati onal s t a te of t he unde r lying p hysi c al
port. The status will be Inactive only if the Blocked Port Flag (see page 7-16) is
enabled.
●Bridge State – can be any of the following. (Note that a Bridge can be in an
enabled state even if the physical port is inactive):
◆Disabled – the Bridge port has been disabled by operator action. The port
can leave this state through an operator re-enable or node IPL.
◆Listening – the Bridge port is transitioning to the Learning state. Only
Node Name=node_xyz
Bridge Port St at us Di sp lay
Bridge Id: 0010.00000364439B Root Port: 255
NumType/Format S tatus Bridge State Receive Xmit
0 Ethernet Active Disabled 4294967296 4294967296
1 Token Ring Active Listening 4675561234 4675561234
2 Frm/Nat LLC2 Active Learning 4561230000 4562222100
3 Frm/8023/TB Active Blocking 4561231100 4561231100
PgUp PgDn F 2:More Info F3:Exit