Bridging

To access the Filtering Database window:

1.From the Bridge Status window, click on to display the Bridge Status menu.

or

From the Module View window, click on the Bridge label just above the port status display; the Bridge menu will appear.

2.Click on Filtering Database.... The Filtering Database window will appear.

The following fields are listed in the top portion of the Filtering Database window:

List

The List checkboxes indicate whether the associated entry type (Permanent, Static, Dynamic, or Learned) will be displayed in the scrollable table of address entries. A check next to the entry type indicates that it will be displayed.

Type

Indicates the type of entry in the database.

Number

Displays the current number of Permanent, Static, Dynamic, and Learned Address entries.

Capacity

Indicates the total capacity of each entry type in the Static and Learned databases.

Ageing Time

Indicates the length of time, in minutes, that Dynamic and Learned Addresses in the Source Address Table are allowed to remain inactive before they are dropped from the database. The allowable time range for these entries is 10 to 1,000,000 seconds. Ageing time is not applicable to Static or Permanent entries. You can configure this field, as described in the next section.

NOTE

Note that the Filtering Database Ageing Time is the same as the Ageing Time displayed (and configured) via the Port X Source Addresses window; setting the Ageing Time in the Filtering Database window also changes the time in the Source Addresses window, and vice versa.

The following fields are applicable to the scrollable Address Entry panel of Filtering Database entries.

Address

Lists the addresses for which the bridge’s Filtering Database has forwarding and/or filtering information.

Filtering Database

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9H42X-XX specifications

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