The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View
2-8 Viewing Chassis Information
The Utilities Menu
The Utilities menu provides access to the MIB Tools utility, which provides direct
access to the SmartSwitch 2000’s MIB information, and to the RMON utility, a
remote monitoring feature that is supported by many intelligent devices. These
selections are also available from the Utilities menu at the top of NetSight
Element Manager’s primary window. Refer to the Tools Guide for a thorough
explanation of the MIB Tools and RMON utilities.
The Help Menu
The Help Menu has three selections:
•Mibs Supported brings up the Chassis Manager window, described in The
Chassis Manager Window, on page2-15.
•Chassis Manager Help brings up a help window with information specifically
related to using the Chassis Manager and Chassis View windows.
•About Chassis Manager brings up a version window for the Chassis Manager
application in use.
The Module Menu
The Module menu for the SmartSwitch 2000 device provides mostly
bridging-related selections, many of which are also available from the Bridge
Status window:
•Module Type brings up a window containing a description of the selected
board; see Viewing Hardware Types, on page2-16.
•Bridge Status opens a window that provides an overview of bridging
information for each port, and allows you to access all other bridge-related
options. Refer to the Bridging chapter in the Too ls G ui de for more information.
•Broadcast Suppression allows you to set a threshold on the number of
broadcast packets issued from each port on the SmartSwitch 2000 device when
it is operating in traditional switch (bridge) mode. See Broadcast Suppression,
on page 2-67.
•Frame Translation displays in the Module menu if your SmartSwitch 2000 has
an installed HSIM-F6. Refer to Chapter 6, FDDI Applications, for information
on this menu selection.
•Device Find Source Address enables you to determine through which
interface a specified MAC address is communicating by searching the 802.1d
bridge Filtering database. Ethernet MicroLAN switches will also search the
repeater Source Address Table (SAT). If the specified MAC address is located,
a list of interface(s) through which the given address is communicating will be
displayed.
•Performance Graph displays performance between all bridging ports on the
SmartSwitch 2000; see the Bridging chapter in the Tool s Gu ide for more
information.