Cabletron Systems 2208 manual Displays the MAC address of the switch

Switch Configuration Screen

The following describes each field of the Switch Configuration screen:

Switch Address (Read-Only)

Displays the MAC address of the switch.

Number of Ports (Read-Only)

Displays the total number of switched ports.

Type of STA (Toggle)

Allows you to set the method that switches use to decide which switch is the controlling (Root) switch when two or more switches exist in parallel (Spanning Tree Algorithm). Valid entries include IEEE, DEC, and None. To set the STA, refer to Section 5.10.1.

Age Time (Modifiable)

Allows the user to set the amount of time (in seconds) the 2H22-08R keeps an address in its switch table before discarding it. The device discards an address from its switch table if it does not receive a valid Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) from the applicable address in the amount of time specified in the Age Time field. To change the Age Time field from the default value of 300 seconds, refer to Section 5.10.2.

Port # (Read-Only)

Lists each switch port on the 2H22-08R. If the number of ports is greater than eight, then the additional ports are listed on subsequent screens.

MAC Address (Read-Only)

Displays the hardware address assigned to each listed port.

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