The MultiSwitch 700 Device View
•Statistics launches the highest level of statistics currently available for the selected port. For standard Ethernet and Fast Ethernet ports, RMON statistics will be displayed if the RMON Default MIB component is active; if it has been disabled,
•Enable/Disable administratively turns the selected bridging port on or off; see Enabling and Disabling Ports on page
The DELHW-UA Port Status Displays
When you open the Device View window, each port on the
To change the status of your ports:
1.Click on Port Status on the menu bar at the top of the Device View window; a menu displays.
2.Drag down (and to the right, if necessary) to select the status information you want to display. The port text boxes will display the appropriate status information.
Port status view options are:
Status
You can view four port Status categories, as follows:
•Bridge — FWD, DIS, LRN, LIS, BLK, BRK, or UNK
•Bridge Mapping — bridge interface index numbers
•Admin — ON or OFF
•Operator — ON or OFF
If you have selected the Bridge status mode, a port is considered:
•FWD (Forwarding) if the port is
•DIS (Disabled) if bridging at the port has been disabled by management; no traffic can be received or forwarded on this port, including configuration information for the bridged topology.
•LRN (Learning) if the Forwarding database is being created, or the Spanning Tree Algorithm is being executed because of a network topology change. The port is monitoring network traffic, and learning network addresses.
•LIS (Listening) if the port is not adding information to the filtering database. It is monitoring Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) traffic while preparing to move to the forwarding state.
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