Cabletron Systems CSX400 manual The Bridge Status Window, Bridge Status Window Information Fields

Bridging

The Bridge Status Window

The Bridge Status window provides you with basic information about the current status of bridging across your device. Color-coding of each port display allows you to quickly ascertain the status of each interface. The Bridge Status window also lets you access further windows to control bridging at your device.

To access the Bridge Status window from the Chassis View window:

1.Click on the Device selection in the menu bar. A pull-down menu will appear.

2.Click on Bridge Status…. The Bridge Status window, Figure 4-1, will appear.

Bridge Status Window Information Fields

The following information is provided by the Bridge Status window for the monitored device as a whole and for each individual bridging interface. Since the Bridge Status window can only display four interfaces simultaneously, the

and buttons are activated when a device supports over four bridge interfaces, so that you can scroll the display to show all interfaces.

NOTE

When you Þrst open the Bridge Status window the Prev and Next buttons will be grayed out, and a message will appear stating that the application is initializing and processing each interface. You will not be able to scroll the display until after all the bridging interfaces have been processed.

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