Cabletron Systems CSX400 The Device Menu, The Port Status Menu, CSX200 and 400 Chassis View

CSX200 and 400 Chassis View

The Device Menu

From the Device Menu at the Chassis View window menu bar, you can access the following selections:

¥Device Type..., which displays a window containing a description of the device being modeled: CSX200/400 - CyberSWITCH.

¥Edit Device Time/Edit Device Date..., which allows you set the deviceÕs internal clock.

¥System Group..., which allows you to manage the CSX200/400 via SNMP MIB II. Refer to the Generic SNMP Guide for further information.

¥I/F Summary, which allows you to view statistics (displayed both graphically and numerically) for the trafÞc processed by each network interface on your CSX200/400. See Viewing I/F Summary Information on page 2-12for more information.

¥Bridge Status..., which opens a window that provides an overview of bridging information for each interface, and allows you to access all other bridge- related options. Refer to Chapter 4 of this manual for more information.

¥Find Source Address...,which opens a window that allows you to search the 802.1d Filtering Database of the CSX200/400 to determine which bridging interface a speciÞed source MAC address is communicating through. If the MAC address is detected as communicating through the switch, the port display will ßash to indicate the bridge interface of interest. Refer to Using the Find Source Address Feature on page 2-12for more information.

¥WAN Status..., which accesses the WAN Logical View window of your device. See Chapter 3 for more information.

¥Exit, which closes the CSX200/400 Chassis View window.

The Port Status Menu

The Port Status Menu allows you to select the status information that will be displayed in the port text boxes in the Chassis View window:

¥Status allows you to select one of four status type displays: Bridge, Bridge Mapping, Admin, or Operator.

¥Load will display the portion of network load processed per polling interval by each interface as a percentage of the theoretical maximum load (10 or 100 Mbits/sec).

¥Errors allows you to display the number of errors detected per polling interval by each interface as a percentage of the total number of valid packets processed by the interface.

¥I/F Mapping will display the interface (if) index associated with each port on your CSX200/400 switch.

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