Cabletron Systems 9H42X-XX

The 9H42x-xx Module View

2-10 Viewing Module Information

If you have selected the Admin status mode, a port is considered:

• ON if the port is enabled by management.

• OFF if it has been disabled through management action.

Note that the Admin state reﬂects the state requested by management; depending

on the circumstances, this may or may not match the current Operator status,

described below.

If you have selected the Operator status mode, a port is considered:

• ON if the port is currently forwarding packets.

• OFF if the port is not currently forwarding packets.

Note that the Operator status provides the actual status of the port; depending on

the circumstances, this may or may not reﬂect the Admin state currently requested

by management. For example, ports which are administratively ON but not yet

connected would display an Operator status of OFF, since no packets are being

forwarded.

Load

If you choose Load, the interface text boxes will display the percentage of

network load processed by each port during the last polling interval. This

percentage reﬂects the network load generated per polling interval by devices

connected to the port compared to the theoretical maximum load (10 or 100

Mbits/sec) of the connected network.

Errors

If you choose the Errors mode, the interface boxes will display the percentage of

the total number of valid packets processed by each port during the last polling

interval that were error packets. This percentage reﬂects the number of errors

generated during the last polling interval by devices connected to that port

compared to the total number of valid packets processed by the port.

I/F Mapping

If you choose the I/F Mapping mode, the interface boxes will display the interface

number (IfIndex) associated with each port on the 9H42x-xx module. Note that

this value may or may not correspond to the bridge port index displayed via the

Bridge Mapping option (described above).

NOTE

In SPECTRUM Element Manager, the polling interval is set using the

Tools—>Options window available from the primary window menu bar, or via the

individual device icon’s Properties window. Refer to the Installing and Using

SPECTRUM Element Manager guide for full information on setting device polling

intervals.