Cabletron Systems CSX200 Up Time, Bridge State on Interface, Bridging, The Bridge Status Window

Bridging

Figure 4-1. The Bridge Status Window

Up Time

At the top of the Bridge Status window, you can see the time period (in a days, hours, minutes, seconds format) that has elapsed since the device was last reset or initialized.

Bridge State on Interface

Indicates the state of bridging over the port interface. Possible bridge states and their corresponding colors are:

¥Forwarding (green)ÑThe port is on-line and forwarding packets across the bridge from one network segment to another.

¥Disabled (blue)ÑBridging at the port has been disabled by management; no trafÞc can be received or forwarded on this port, including conÞguration information for the bridged topology.

¥Listening (magenta)ÑThe port is not adding information to the Þltering database. It is monitoring Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) trafÞc while preparing to move to the forwarding state.

¥Learning (magenta)ÑThe Forwarding database is being created, or the Spanning Tree Algorithm is being executed because of a network topology change. The port is monitoring network trafÞc, and learning network addresses.

The Bridge Status Window 4-9