Cabletron Systems 9E312, 9E423 Bridge Status Window Information Fields, Bridge State on Interface

9E312/9E423 Module Bridging

Figure 3-1. The 9E312/9E423 Module Bridge Status Window

Bridge Status Window Information Fields

The following information is provided by the Bridge Status window for the 9E312/9E423 Module and for each switch interface that supports bridging. Note

that the and buttons will be activated so that you can scroll the display to show all interfaces.

Up Time

At the top of the Bridge Status window, you can see the time period (in a days, hours, minutes, seconds format) that has elapsed since the 9E312/9E423 Module was last reset or initialized.

Bridge State on Interface

Indicates the state of bridging over the port interface. Possible bridge states and their corresponding colors are:

•Forwarding (Green) — The port is on-line and forwarding packets across the 9E312/9E423 from one network segment to another.

•Disabled (Blue) — Bridging at the port has been disabled by management; no traffic can be received or forwarded on this port, including configuration information for the bridged topology.

3-4 The Bridge Status Window