Bridge Port Statistics

Calling.

Failed.

●Received Frames from Network – is the number of Voice frames received.

●Transmitted Frames to Network – is the number of Voice frames transmitted.

●Congestion Management Frames from Network – is self-explanatory.

●Congestion Management Frames to Network – is self-explanatory.

●Call Setup Time (msec) – is self-explanatory.

●Call Duration (secs) – is self-explanatory.

●Number Dialed – is self-explanatory.

●Baud Rate (Kbits/sec) – is self-explanatory.

●Interface Under-runs– is the number of frames that were not accepted due to DMA (direct memory access) overrun errors.

●Interface Over-runs– is the number of frames that were not accepted due to DMA (direct memory access) underrun errors.

Press [A] at the Bridge Status Displays Menu to display the configurational and oper- ational status of all Bridge ports in the node.

Node N ame=node_xyz

Brid ge Port Status Disp lay

Brid ge Id: 0010.00000364439B

R oot Port: 255

Num

Type/Format

S tatus

Bridge State

Receive

Xmit

Ethernet

A ctive

Disabled

4294967296

Token Ring

A ctive

Lis ten in g

4675561234

Frm/Nat LLC2

A ctive

Learning

4561230000

4562222100

Frm/8023/TB

A ctive

Blocking

4561231100

PgUp PgD n F2:More I nfo F3:Exit

Figure 21-9 Bridge Port Status Display

[C],[F],[D],[A] from Main Menu

To display statistics for the Bridge ports on the above screen, press [F2]. Pressing [PgUp] or [PgDn] will display other statistics screens (if there are more), and pressing [F2] will return the display to Figure 21-9.

Statistics Displays

21-9

1800 specifications

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Cabletron Systems 1800 manual Bridge Port Statistics, Bridge Port Status Display

Models: 1800