The 9H42x-xx Module View
2-8 Viewing Module Information
The Port Menu
The menu for the INB and Ethernet interfaces offers the following selections:
•Performance Graph..., which brings up a bridging statistics window specific
to the selected interface.
•Source Addressing...., which brings up a window allowing you to see which
source addresses are communicating through the selected switch port when it
is using 802.1d bridging. See Using Source Addressing in Chapter 5 for more
information.
•I/F Statistics..., which provides direct access to MIB-II interface statistics for
the selected interface. Note that this window may also appear in response to
the Statistics selection described below, if the RMON MIB component has
been disabled for the selected module. See Chapter 4, Statistics, for more
information.
•Configuration..., which allows you to set the duplex mode for standard
Ethernet and 100Base-FX fiber interfaces, or configure auto-negotiation
parameters for any 100Base-TX interfaces. See Configuring Ports, page 2-19,
for more information; note that this option is not available for the INB
backplane interface.
•Alarm Configuration..., which brings up windows that allow you to configure
RMON-based alarms and events for each interface; see Chapter 3, Alarm
Configuration, for details.
• Statistics..., which launches the highest level of statistics currently available
for the selected interfaces. For all front panel interfaces (both standard
Ethernet and Fast Ethernet), RMON statistics will be displayed if the RMON
Default MIB component is active; if it has been disabled, MIB-II interface
statistics will display. See Chapter 4, Statistics, for more information.
•Enable and Disable, which let you enable or disable bridging across the
selected interface; see Enabling and Disabling Ports, page 2-26.
Port Status Displays
When you open the Module View window, each port will display its current
bridging state (defined below); to change this status display, select one of the
options on the Port Status menu, as described in the following sections.
TIP
For all 9H42x-xx modules, the port text box indexed “1” indicates the fixed interface to
the INB-2 backplane bus; interfaces indexed “2” through “xx” indicate the front panel
switching interfaces.