Configuration View Description

Bridge Configuration View

Topology Information

This button allows you to access the Topology Information View. Table 4-11provides the information contained in the view.

Table 4-11.

Topology Information View Table Fields

 

 

 

 

Field

Definition

 

 

 

 

Model Name

The user-defined or default name of the model.

 

 

 

 

Time Topology

The time in seconds that has elapsed since the bridge’s

 

Change

Topology Change Flag last recorded the value of a topology

 

 

change.

 

 

 

 

Topology Change

Indicates if a bridge Topology change is in progress.

 

 

 

 

Topology Change

The number of times the bridge’s Topology Change Flag has

 

Count

been changed since the bridge was powered up or initialized.

 

 

 

Fwd Dly & Hello Information

This button allows you to access the Forward Delay & Hello Information View. Table 4-12provides the information contained in the view.

Table 4-12.

Forward Delay & Hello Information View Fields

 

 

 

 

Field

Definition

 

 

 

 

Model Name

The user-defined or default name of the model.

 

 

 

 

Forward Delay

The value of the forward delay parameters when the bridge

 

Parm

is the root or attempting to become root. A time of 4 to 30

 

 

seconds is allowed.

 

 

 

 

Forward Delay

The time spent in the listening state while moving from the

 

 

blocking state to the learning state, or the time spent in the

 

 

learning state while moving from the listening state to the

 

 

forwarding state.

 

 

 

 

Hello Time Parm

The value of the Hello Time parameter when the bridge is

 

 

the root or is attempting to become the root. A time of 1 to 10

 

 

seconds is allowed. The default is 2 seconds.

 

 

 

 

Hello Time

The time interval between the transmission of Configuration

 

 

BPDUs by a bridge that is attempting to become the root.

 

 

 

Configuration Views

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Cabletron Systems Ethernet Hubs manual Topology Information View Table Fields, Fwd Dly & Hello Information