Link/Seg Traps
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Unterminated BNC (thin coax) ports appear in the Hub View as segmented ports. When you attach a thin coax cable or a 50 Ω terminator to a port, the repeater generates a portUnsegmenting trap; when you remove the cable or terminator, the repeater generates a portSegmenting trap. Note also that devices at both ends of the cable will generate the portUnsegmenting and portSegmenting traps, even if only one end of the cable has been disconnected.
What is a Link Trap?
Some Cabletron Ethernet repeater ports — including RJ45 twisted pair and fiber optic ports — generate a link signal to monitor the status of their connection with the device at the other end of the cable segment. If the cable is removed or broken, the port’s link status goes to “No Link” and the repeater generates a portLinkDown trap. When a port in a “No Link” condition receives a link signal, the port goes to a “Link” condition and the repeater generates a portLinkUp trap. Note that devices at both ends of the disconnected or broken cable will generate the portLinkDown and portLinkUp traps, even when only one end of the cable has been removed.
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BNC (thin coax), AUI, and transceiver ports do not support a link signal. As described above, BNC ports respond to changes in link status by generating portSegmenting and portUnsegmenting traps; AUI and transceiver ports do not respond at all to changes in link status (unless the port has been segmented due to excessive collisions), and will always display as on, even if no cable is connected.
Enabling and Disabling Link/Seg Traps
Although each Cabletron device comes with a number of traps built in to the firmware, no device will generate these traps unless it is configured to do so. This can be accomplished via Local Management (by enabling traps and entering your workstation’s IP address in the Community Names screen), or via the SPMA Trap Table utility, accessible from the icon menu or from the command line. Once traps as a whole have been enabled, you can use the Link/Seg Traps feature to selectively enable and disable link and segmentation traps as required by your network management needs.
To open the Repeater Link/Seg Traps window:
from the icon:
1.Click on the appropriate SEHI icon to display the icon menu.
2.Drag down to Link/Seg Traps and release.
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