Using the 7C0x SmartSwitch Bridge View
Learned Entry Discards
The number of database entries that never made it into the Filtering Database due to a lack of buffer space. Ideally, this number should be 0. If this number grows, it indicates a very busy network. A value other than 0 is acceptable as long as it isn’t increasing, indicating that the lack of buffer space is sometimes causing problems, but that the condition is not persistent.
For each entry in the Forwarding database, the window displays the following:
Source Address
Displays the MAC addresses of devices that have transmitted frames to the bridge.
Port
Identifies the bridge port where frames from the noted source address are received. A value of 0 indicates that the address exists within the Filtering Database, but the database has not yet learned the corresponding port number.
Status
Indicates how the entry got into the database:
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The information displayed for the Static database is somewhat different; for each entry, the window displays the following:
Source Address
Displays the MAC addresses of devices that have transmitted frames to the bridge.
Receive Port
Displays the port on which a packet with the specified source address must be received in order for the filtering actions specified in the Destination Port field to take place. A setting of 0 will apply the filtering action anytime a packet with the specified source address is received by any of the bridge ports.
The Filtering Database Window |
