The 9H42x-xx Module View

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.

For all 9H42x-xx modules, the port text box indexed “1” indicates the fixed interface to

TIP the INB-2 backplane bus; interfaces indexed “2” through “xx” indicate the front panel switching interfaces.

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Cabletron Systems 9H42X-XX manual Port Status Displays, Port Menu

9H42X-XX specifications

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