Managing Ethernet MicroLAN Switches

Trap Selection

Among the traps which Cabletron devices are designed to generate are traps which indicate when a repeater port gains or loses a link signal (Link State Traps); when the repeater segments (disconnects) a port due to collision activity, and when a segmented port becomes active again (Segmentation Traps); and several traps that result from changes in a portÕs Source Address Table (Source Address Traps). In some networks, these traps may impart more information than a network manager wants to see. With the Trap Selection option available from the Repeater, Board, and Port menus, you can selectively enable and disable these traps.

Any traps issued by the Ethernet MicroLAN Switch will appear in SPECTRUM Element ManagerÕs alarm logging facility. (Refer to your Alarm and Event Handling Guide for more details.)

NOTE

In order for your device to issue any traps Ð and in order for your management workstation to receive those traps Ð your Ethernet MicroLAN SwitchÕs trap table must have been properly conÞgured via Local Management; see the Ethernet MicroLAN Switch hardware manual or Local Management documentation for more information.

Accessing the Trap Selection Windows

To open the repeater-level Trap Selection window from the Chassis View:

1.Click on Repeater on the Chassis View menu bar. Select the appropriate repeater to reveal the Repeater menu.

2.Click on Trap Selection. The Repeater Trap Selection window, Figure 5-6, will appear.

At the repeater or board level, a three-state check box indicates the state of settings for all ports that are on the repeated network.

The check box will be:

Grayed – If individual port-level settings have mixed enabled and disabled states for a given trap.

Checked – If all port trap settings are enabled for a given trap.

Blank – if all port trap settings are disabled for a given trap.

Figure 5-10. Repeater Trap Selection Window

Trap Selection

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Cabletron Systems 2000 manual Accessing the Trap Selection Windows

2000 specifications

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