Ring Map

3-8 Viewing Station-specific Information

Utilization
The percentage of the total usable bandwidth (4 or 16 Mb) that is currently being
used by the station. This field will update after each polling interval.
Performance and Errors
Error and performance statistics for the selected station are displayed according
to the currently selected calculation mode. Statistics displayed are:
• Frames
• Bytes
• Line
• Burst
•AC
Abort Seq
• Internal
Lost Frames
• Congestion
Frame Copied
• Token
• Frequency
See Viewing the Error Table, page 3-14, for detailed definitions of these statistics.
Setting a Station Name
Using the Ring Map window, you can administratively assign a name to any
station on the monitored ring network.
To do so:
1. Click mouse button 3 on any station label in the map.
2. Drag down to Set Name, and release. The Set Station Name window,
Figure 3-4, will appear.
Figure 3-4. Set Station Name Window
3. In the Enter Name te xt field, enter a name (up to 10 ASCII char acters) f or the
selected station.
4. Click on . The new name will be set at the station.