The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View

¥Address Type, which identiÞes whether the address of interest is in the source or destination Þeld, or in both Þelds, of the frame.

¥Frame Type, which indicates whether all frames with the given address will have a transmit priority, or whether a speciÞed frame Type will be used in combination with the address.

¥Priority, which displays the current transmit priority assigned to the entry.

Below the Current Priority Entries list box, several text Þelds and command buttons allow you to conÞgure or edit MAC-based priority entries:

MAC Address

This text Þeld allows you to enter a new MAC address that will have a transmit priority associated with it.

Address Type

This drop-down list box allows you to select whether the given MAC address must be in the source address portion of the frame (SA), the destination address portion (DA), or in either portion (SA/DA).

Frame Type

This radio button/text box combination allows you to choose whether All frame Types with the given address will be given priority, or whether frames of a SpeciÞc type (as deÞned in the associated text box) will be given priority.

Priority

Priority, which indicates the transmit priority level assigned to the conÞgured entry.

To assign a transmit priority based on MAC-layer information:

1.Click on the Add button. The entry fields will be activated.

2.Click in the MAC Address text box, and type in the physical address in XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX format, where X is a valid hexadecimal value (A-F or 0-9), for which you want to configure a transmit priority.

3.Click on the Address Type drop-down list box, and select whether you want the specified address to be in the Source Address portion of the frame SA( ), the Destination Address portion (DA), or in either portion (SA/DA).

4.Specify a Frame Type that you want associated with the frame:

a.Click on the appropriate Frame Type option button: Specific if you want a certain Frame Type associated with the given MAC address, or All if you do not care about the Frame Type.

b.If you select Specific, click in the associated text box and type in the two-byte hexadecimal value for that protocol type (e.g., 0BAD for Banyan frames).

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Cabletron Systems 2000 manual Address Type, Frame Type, Priority

2000 specifications

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