Filtering Database 5-21
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.
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.
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.