Cabletron Systems 7C03, 7C04-R manual Viewing the Filtering Database, Ageing Time secs

Using the 7C0x SmartSwitch Bridge View

Viewing the Filtering Database

To open the Filtering Database window:

1.Display the Device menu by clicking on the Front Panel button.

2.Drag down to Filtering Database, and release.

3.At the top of the Filtering Database window, click mouse button 1 on the appropriate selection box to view either the Forwarding or Static database.

Click mouse button 1 on the type of entry you want to display, either Forwarding or Static.

Figure 6-7. Filtering Database Window

Two fields at the top of the Filtering Database window provide information about the Filtering Database:

Ageing Time (secs)

The current setting of the bridge’s Dynamic Ageing Timer, used to purge Forwarding entries from the Filtering Database, or to purge static entries subject to the ageing timer.

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