Cabletron Systems 7000 manual Front Panel Information, Connection Status, UpTime, Port Status

The SmartSwitch 7000 Chassis View

Front Panel Information

In addition to the main interface display, the Chassis View window provides the following device information:

IP

The Chassis View window title displays the deviceÕs IP (Internet Protocol) Address; this will be the IP address used to deÞne the device icon. The IP address is assigned via Local Management to the 7X00 Control ModuleÕs internal Host interface; it cannot be changed via SPECTRUM Element Manager. Note that although each interface in the SmartSwitch 7000 hub has its own MAC, or physical, address, only a single IP address is assigned.

Connection Status

This color-coded area indicates the current state of communication between

SPECTRUM Element Manager and the SmartSwitch 7000.

¥Green indicates the SmartSwitch 7000 is responding to device polls (valid connection).

¥Magenta indicates that the SmartSwitch 7000 is in a temporary stand-by mode while it responds to a physical change in the hub (such as when a board is inserted); note that board and port menus are inactive during this stand-by state.

¥Blue indicates an unknown contact status; polling has not yet been established with the SmartSwitch 7000.

¥Red indicates the SmartSwitch 7000 is not responding to device polls (device is off line, or device polling has failed across the network for some other reason).

UpTime

The amount of time, in a days hh/mm/ss format, that the SmartSwitch 7000 has been running since the last start-up.

Port Status

Indicates the Port Status display selection currently in effect. The default port status view is bridge status; if you have not changed the port status selection since launching the Chassis View window, this Þeld will display Default. For more information about changing the port status display, see page 2-10.

MAC

Displays the manufacturer-set MAC address associated with the IP address used to deÞne the device icon; again, this will be the MAC address assigned to the 7X00 Control ModuleÕs internal Host interface. Note that each interface in the SmartSwitch 7000 chassis has its own MAC address; these addresses are factory-set and cannot be altered.

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