Cabletron Systems 6H122-08 manual Changing Source and Destination Ports

Chapter 5: Local Management

Errors (Toggle)

Allows the user to configure the source ports to either send errored frames to selected destination ports, or to drop errored frames, and send only valid traffic to the destination ports. The default setting of this field is ON.

Status (Toggle)

Allows you to add or delete the source and destination ports selected in the Source Port [n] and Destination Port [n] fields.

5.23.1 Changing Source and Destination Ports

Add or delete source port and destination port entries as follows:

1.Use the arrow keys to highlight the Source Port field.

2.Press the SPACE bar or BACKSPACE one or more times to increment or decrement the port number displayed in the brackets [n] until the appropriate port number is displayed.

3.Use the arrow keys to highlight the Destination Port field.

4.Use the SPACE bar or BACKSPACE to step to the appropriate port number for the destination port.

5.Use the arrow keys to highlight the Status field.

6.Use the SPACE bar to select either the ADD or DEL (delete) option. Press ENTER. This adds or deletes the port selections made in steps 2 and 4 and also updates the screen Source Port and Destination Port list.

7.Use the arrow keys to highlight the Errors field.

8.Use the SPACE bar to select either the ON or OFF option and press ENTER. ON forces the source module and port to forward errored frames to the destination module(s) and port(s). OFF forces the errored frames to be dropped before forwarding traffic.

NOTE

If more than one port is to be redirected, repeat steps 1 through 8 for each additional setting, then go to step 9 to save all the new settings at once.

9.Use the arrow keys to highlight SAVE at the bottom of the screen. Press ENTER. The message “SAVED OK” is displayed.

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