Cabletron Systems CSX200, CSX400 manual 4-11, Bridging, page, The Bridge Status Window

Bridging

¥The Ethernet Special Filter DatabaseÉ window lets you conÞgure a special Þltering scheme at your bridge. With this scheme, you can enter Þlter parameters for a frame based on the contents of its source or destination address Þeld, type Þeld, or data Þeld (with offset)Ñthen specify the bridging action to take place at each port when a frame matching your speciÞcations is encountered (see Ethernet and Token Ring Special Filter Databases,

page 4-49).

¥The Token Ring Special Filter DatabaseÉ window enables you to deÞne complex Þlters for transparently bridged Token Ring frames based upon receive port, source or destination MAC address, Token Ring data type, or data Þeld information (up to 64 bytes) (see Ethernet and Token Ring Special Filter Databases, page 4-49).

¥The Token Ring Bridge ModeÉ window lets you select which type of bridging that will be used by the Token Ring bridging deviceÑTransparent, Source Routing, or Source Route Transparent (see Token Ring Bridge Mode, page 4-83).

¥The Duplex ModesÉ window allows you to conÞgure duplex mode (on or off) for supporting interfaces on the device (see Duplex Modes, page 4-66).

¥Enable Bridge and Disable Bridge options allow you to administratively activate or deactivate bridging at the device level see (Enabling and Disabling Bridging, page 4-14).

¥The Bridge ConÞgurationÉ option opens a window that allows you to set address and routing information for all interfaces on a Token Ring bridging device, including the Bridge Number and the Virtual Ring Number. It also allows you to set source route bridging parameters at the device level (see Using the Bridge and Port ConÞguration Windows, page 4-92).

The individual bridge port index () menu that you can access from the Bridge Status window will provide the following options, depending on which device you are monitoring through SPECTRUM Element Manager:

¥The Connection TypeÉ window displays a text description of the connection type of the selected bridge interface.

¥The DescriptionÉ option displays a text description of a bridge interface from the ifDescr value of the ifIndex related to the selected port.

¥The Performance GraphÉ window graphically displays the trafÞc passing between your bridged networks, and lets you compare and contrast trafÞc processed by each interface (see Performance Graphs, page 4-15).

¥The Source AddressingÉ window displays the contents of the deviceÕs Filtering Database with respect to a selected port. This will display the source MAC addresses that have been detected by the port as it forwards data across the network. The window also lets you set the aging timer that controls how long an inactive MAC address will continue to be stored in the Source Address Database before being aged out (see Source Route ConÞguration, page 4-63).

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