4.6.9.3 Editing Utility – Bredit
The bredit utility is used to access and edit the /etc/bridged.conf configuration file.
At this point, bredit runs a script in which you are asked if you want to make the changes permanent. The script also gives you the option of signaling bridged to reread the updated file immediately. When this option is taken, bridged restarts as if it were stopped and restarted for the first time. If you change the file in vi but do not choose either of the script options, bredit tells you that your changes were not committed.
If bridged is not running when bredit is used, the user is given the option of saving changes to the configuration in /etc/bridged.conf so that the next time bridged is started, the new changes take effect.
See an actual screen shot in Section 7.1.2, “ATM
4.6.10 Management Tools
A set of tools are provided to manage bridging, primarily through bridged. Brief descriptions are provided here; more details are given in the GRF Configuration Guide 1.4,
These tools include the brstat command which displays relevant bridged status and bridging information and the brinfo command which displays relevant
4.6.10.1 brstat
The brstat command provides a snapshot of state information directly from bridged.
Output will look similar to the following:
Bridged Information:
Debug Level: 7, Trace Mask: 0xffffffff, Spanning Tree: Enabled
Log File: "/var/tmp/bridged.trace", Config File: "/etc/bridged.conf"
bridged started at: Wed Jun 17 14:13:16 1998
Bridge Group bg0 |
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Spanning Tree: | Enabled |
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Designated Root: [me] |
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Bridge ID: | 32768 00:c0:80:89:2d:f2 |
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Root Port: None |
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Topology Change Detected: No |
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Root Max Age: 20, Hello Time: | 2, Forward Delay: 15 |
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Bridge Max Age: 20, Hello Time: | 2, Forward Delay: 15, Hold Time: 1 |
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| Path Desig Desig | Desig |
