Filter Test Table. Note that there is only one of these tables in each Multiprotocol Interconnect module and it contains all the test that are to be performed by the Multiprotocol Interconnect module, regardless of the ports on which these tests are performed.

To define the tests, select Custom Filter Test Table from the Bridge Menu. An example of the panel displayed is shown in Figure 158.

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Custom Filter Test Table

 

 

 

 

Module: BladeRunner

 

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ID

Test Name

Filter Start Offset

Mask

Operator

Value

1

″″

mac

0

00000000

equal

00000000

 

2

″″

mac

0

00000000

equal

00000000

 

3

″″

mac

0

00000000

equal

00000000

 

4

″″

mac

0

00000000

equal

00000000

 

5

″″

mac

0

00000000

equal

00000000

 

6

″″

mac

0

00000000

equal

00000000

 

7

″″

mac

0

00000000

equal

00000000

 

8

″″

mac

0

00000000

equal

00000000

 

9

″″

mac

0

00000000

equal

00000000

 

10

″″

mac

0

00000000

equal

00000000

 

11

″″

mac

0

00000000

equal

00000000

 

12

″″

mac

0

00000000

equal

00000000

 

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158. LMS Custom Filter Test Table Panel

This table may have up to 64 entries. You may define the following parameters for each entry:

ID Number

This number is used to refer to this test from the other filtering tables.

Test Name:

This is a meaningful name assigned to the test and used to refer to this test from the other filtering tables.

Filter Start Point

This field is used to select either MAC header, LLC header or length of the frame as the starting point for the offset into the frame.

Offset

This field represents the number of bytes from the Filter Start Point within the frame where the test is to apply. The test can start anywhere within the first 65,536 bytes of a frame.

Note: When frame_length is specified as the filter start point, the offset is not applied.

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IBM 8260 manual ID Number, Test Name, ∙ Filter Start Point, ∙ Offset, ∙ Mask

8260 specifications

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