The ATX Switch Chassis View
For more information on the port display options available via this menu, see Selecting a Port Status View, page
The Utilities Menu
The Utilities menu provides access to the MIBTree utility, which provides direct access to the ATX’s MIB information, and to the RMON utility, a remote monitoring feature that is supported by many Cabletron and Enterasys intelligent devices. These selections are also available from the Utilities menu at the top of NetSight Element Manager’s main window. Refer to your Tools Guide for a thorough explanation of the MibTree and RMON utilities.
The Help Menu
The Help Menu has three selections:
•MIBs Supported, which brings up the Chassis Manager window, described in The Chassis Manager Window section of this chapter.
•Chassis Manager Help, which brings up a help window with information specifically related to using the Chassis Manager and Chassis View windows.
•About Chassis Manager..., which brings up a window with the version number of the Chassis Manager application in use.
The PPE Module Menu
The Packet Processing Engine (PPE) has the following selections in its module menu:
•Module Type..., which brings up a window containing a description of a module inserted in the ATX Switch; see Viewing Hardware Types, later in this chapter.
•Port Trunking..., which brings up a window containing the trunking table and allows you to enable and disable trunking on each interface on your ATX; see Chapter 3 for more information.
•Port Filtering..., which brings up the Port Filtering window from which you can create custom filters and discard or forward traffic based on the specified criteria; see Chapter 4 for more information.
•Workgroups..., which brings up the Virtual Workgroups window where you can set up virtual workgroups on your ATX; see Chapter 5 for more information.
•Port Mirroring..., which brings up the Port Mirroring window from which you can set up port mirroring on your ATX; you can configure a diagnostic port as either a local port or a remote port on another ATX in your network. For more information, see Chapter 6.
•IPX Routing Tables..., which displays the IPX Routing Tables window, which contains statistics about IPX Routing on your ATX; see Chapter 7 for more information.
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