Ring Map

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 text field, enter a name (up to 10 ASCII characters) for the selected station.

4.Click on . The new name will be set at the station.

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Viewing Station-specific Information

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Cabletron Systems TRMMIM manual Setting a Station Name, Performance and Errors