Viewing Chassis Information 2-9The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View
•Spanning Tree allows you to set bridge parameters when it is operating using
the Spanning Tree Algorithm (STA) – the method that bridges use to decide the
controlling (root) bridge when two or more bridges are in parallel; see the
Bridging chapter in the Tool s Gu ide for more information.
•SmartTrunk invokes the SmartTrunk Configuration and Status Screen, which
enables you to group interfaces logically to achieve greater bandwidth
between devices, if both devices support the SmartTrunk feature. There is no
limit to the number of ports that can be included in a single “trunk,” nor is
there a limit to the number of trunked “instances” that can be supported. Refer
to the Bridging chapter in the Tools Guide for more information.
•Filtering Database allows you to monitor and manage bridge forwarding and
filtering across each port of the SmartSwitch 2000; see the Bridging chapter in
the Tools Guide for more information.
•Duplex Modes allows you to set Duplex Mode operation for standard
Ethernet interfaces on your SmartSwitch 2000; see the Bridging chapter in the
Tool s G u id e for more information.
•Enable Bridge enables bridging across the entire SmartSwitch 2000.
•Disable Bridge disables bridging across the entire SmartSwitch 2000.
The Port Menus
The menu for bridging ports offers the following selections:
• Connection Type displays a text description of the connection type of the
selected interface. This menu option appears if the device supports the
ctIfConnectionType OID. See Viewing Hardware Types, on page2-16, for
details.
• Description displays a text description of the selected port. See Viewing
Hardware Types, on page2-16, for details.
•Performance Graph brings up windows that visually display bridging
performance at the selected port; see the Bridging chapter in the Tools Guide
for more information.
•Source Addressing brings up a window that displays the contents of the
SmartSwitch 2000’s Filtering Database with respect to a selected port. This will
display the source MAC addresses that have been detected by the port as it
forwards data across the network; see the Bridging chapter in the Tools Guide
for more information.
•I/F Statistics launches a Statistics window, which displays interface statistics
for the port; see the Bridging chapter in the Tools Guide for more information.
•Configuration launches the configuration window appropriate to the selected
port: for standard Ethernet and FDDI ports, the configuration window allows
you to set the Duplex Mode; for Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet ports it
allows you to configure a number of different options, including
auto-negotiation. See Configuring Ports, on page 2-27 for details.