Using the 7C0x SmartSwitch Bridge View

Indicates the port from which the Statistics window was opened.

The two windows show forwarding activity between the selected port and each of the other bridge ports.

Port summary statistics.

The Frame Type Breakdown button is only available for bridges performing Source Routing.

Figure 6-14. Bridge Port Forwarding Statistics Window

Port Forwarding Statistics Window Fields

The Bridge Port Statistics window contains two list boxes detailing port forwarding activity to and from the currently selected port:

The leftmost list box shows frames forwarded to each of the other bridge ports from the currently selected port.

The rightmost list box shows frames forwarded to the currently selected port from each of the other bridge ports.

The list box detail fields are:

Port

The port number to/from which frames are being forwarded.

Frms Fwd

The total number of frames forwarded to/from the selected port to/from the other bridge ports during the last polling interval.

% of Total

In the Frames forwarded to each Bridge Port list box, this is the percentage of all frames forwarded to the selected port that were then forwarded to other bridge ports during the last polling interval. In the Frames forwarded from each Bridge Port list box, this is the percentage of all frames received by the selected bridge port that were forwarded to that port by other bridge ports.

The Bridge Port Forwarding Statistics Window

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