Cabletron Systems 7000 manual Chassis Manager Window, Speed, Type, Port Status Color Codes

The SmartSwitch 7000 Chassis View

generated during the last polling interval by devices connected to that port compared to the total number of valid packets processed by the port.

NOTE

In SPECTRUM Element Manager, the polling interval is set via the ToolsÑ>Options selection from the primary window menu.

Refer to the SPECTRUM Element Manager UserÕs Guide for full information on setting device polling intervals.

I/F Mapping

If you choose the I/F Mapping mode, the interface boxes will display the interface number (IfIndex) associated with each port in the SmartSwitch 7000 chassis.

I/F Speed

If you choose the I/F Speed mode, the interface boxes will display the bandwidth of each individual port in the SmartSwitch 7000 chassis: 10M (megabits) for standard Ethernet; 100M for Fast Ethernet, FDDI, and ATM.

I/F Type

If you choose the I/F Type mode, the interface boxes will display the network type supported by each interface installed in the SmartSwitch 7000 chassis: Eth (ethernet-csmacd), FDDI, or ATM. Note that there is no type distinction between standard Ethernet and Fast Ethernet.

Port Status Color Codes

Three of the Port Status display options Ñ Bridge, Admin, and Operator Ñ incorporate their own color coding schemes: for the Bridge option, green = FWD, blue = DIS, magenta = LIS or LRN, orange = BLK, and red = BRK; for Admin and Operator, green = ON, red = OFF, and blue = N/A (not available).

For all other Port Status selections Ñ Load, Errors, I/F Mapping, I/F Speed, and I/F Type Ñ color codes will continue to reßect the most recently selected mode which incorporates its own color coding scheme.

The Chassis Manager Window

Like most networking devices, CabletronÕs devices draw their functionality from a collection of proprietary MIBs and IETF RFCs. In addition, CabletronÕs newer intelligent devices Ñ like the SmartSwitch 7000 Ñ organize their MIB data into a series of Òcomponents.Ó A MIB component is a logical grouping of MIB data, and each group controls a deÞned set of objects. For example, SmartSwitch 7000 bridging information is organized into its own component; RMON, Distributed LAN Monitor (DLM), and FDDI SMT information are also contained in separate components. Note, too, that there is no one-to-one correspondence between MIBs and MIB components; a single MIB component might contain objects from several different proprietary MIBs and RFCs.

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