The MicroMMAC-T Chassis View

All Station Port menus, regardless of port status, contain the following selections:

Enable/Disable, which allow you to administratively enable or disable the selected port. See Enabling and Disabling Ports,page 2-31, for details.

Port Map..., which allows you to enable or disable port mapping for the selected port. See Enabling and Disabling Port Mapping, page 2-28, for details.

Link Trap..., which allows you to enable or disable link traps for the selected port. See Enabling and Disabling Link Traps, page 2-29.

Ring Out Enable/Disable, which allow you to switch the function of a station port to that of a ring-out port. See Ring Out Enable/Disable,page 2-32, for details.

The Ring Port Menus

Clicking on a ring port ( ) on a module will display the ring port menu, which allows you to view the status of the selected ring port, as well as enable or disable the port. The ring port menu offers the following selections:

Ring Port Status..., which invokes the Ring Port Status window. See Viewing Ring Port Status,page 2-21, for details.

Enable/Disable, which allow you to administratively enable or disable the selected ring port. See Enabling and Disabling Ports,page 2-31, for details.

NOTE

Additional menus (e.g., FDDI) and/or menu options may be available from the Chassis View if you have a BRIM installed in the MicroMMAC-T. These menu options are discussed in the Bridge/Router Interface Module (BRIM) User’s Guide included in your documentation set.

Port Status Displays

When you open the Chassis View window, each port on the MicroMMAC-T will display its Admin/Link status (defined below); to change this status display, select one of the options on the Port Status menu, as described in the following sections.

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; the Port Status 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.

Viewing Chassis Information

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