Cabletron Systems 2H23-50R, 2H33-37R Displays the hardware address assigned to each listed port

Switch Configuration Screen

MAC Address (Read-Only)

Displays the hardware address assigned to each listed port.

State (Read-Only)

There are five states that can display in this field. These states are described as follows:

Disabled: Management disabled this interface. No traffic is received or forwarded while the interface is disabled.

Listening: The switch is not adding information to the Transparent Database. The switch is monitoring the Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) traffic while preparing to move from the learning to the forwarding state.

Learning: The switch is learning the addresses on this interface. The switch enters the learning state when the Transparent Database is created (during start-up or after being deleted), or when the Spanning Tree Algorithm detects a network topology change.

Forwarding: The switch is operating and this interface is forwarding traffic.

Standby: This interface will not forward any traffic through the switch because a loop condition has been detected by the STA.

Status (Toggle)

Allows the user to disable or enable a port by setting the status of the listed interface to either ENABLED or DISABLED. To set the port status, refer to Section 5.10.3.

[1-8]or [9-11](Navigation Key)

When the Switch Configuration screen displays, the current port configuration information is displayed for the first 8 ports. This field allow the user to step to a second screen (if 2H23-50R) to display the information for ports 9 through 11. Depending on the current screen displayed, the user can navigate back and forth by highlighting the [1-8]or [9-11]field and pressing ENTER.

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