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Catalyst Trap Receiver Table

Catalyst Trap Receiver Table

This table lists the addresses of Network Management Stations that should receive trap messages from the Catalyst Stack Application. Double-click a table entry to access the entry-speciÞc Catalyst Trap Receiver table, which allows you to change the items displayed in the table.

To access the Catalyst Trap Receiver table, do the following:

1.Within the Application view, highlight the CATStackApp icon (icon mode) or model type name (list mode).

2.From the Icon Subviews menu, select Trap Receiver.

The Catalyst Trap Receiver table provides the following information:

The Trap Receiver Table and its corresponding entry-speciÞc views provide the following information:

Type

Displays the status of this entry. Setting this value to ÒInvalidÓ removes the corresponding entry from the Trap Receiver Table. To add a new entry to the Trap Receiver Table, set this value to ÒValidÓ for an IP address that is not already in the table.

Addr

Displays the IP address of the Network Management Station receiving the traps.

Community

Displays the community string used for trap messages sent to this trap receiver.

Catalyst VLan Table

The Catalyst VLan table provides a list of Virtual LAN entries, which are determined by the LANs within the system. To access the Catalyst VLan table, do the following:

1.Within the Application view, highlight the CATStackApp icon (icon mode) or model type name (list mode).

2.From the Icon Subviews menu, select VLan.

The VLan table view provides the following information:

VLan Index

IdentiÞes the Virtual LAN associated with this module port.

Spanning Tree

Indicates whether the Spanning Tree protocol is enabled for this Virtual LAN. Possible values are Enabled and Disabled.

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