The ATX Switch Chassis View
Selecting a Port Status View
To change the status view of your ports:
1.Click on Port Status on the menu bar at the top of the Chassis View window; a menu will appear.
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 three port status categories, as follows:
•Bridge — FWD, DIS, LRN, LIS, BLK, BRK, or UNK
•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.
•BLK (Blocking) if the port is
•BRK (Broken) if the physical interface has malfunctioned.
•UNK (Unknown) if the interface’s status cannot be determined.
If you have selected the Admin status mode, a port is considered:
•ON if the port is enabled by management and has a valid link.
•OFF if it has not been enabled or if it has been disabled through management action.
If you have selected the Operator status mode, a port is considered:
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