beautypg.com

System menu, N-viewtm menu – B&B Electronics 516TX-A - Manual User Manual

Page 21

background image

(Revised 8/4/2009)

21

System Menu


Command

Description

Comment

nview

Get information about
N-View

TM

function.

aging

Set and get info on Aging Time for
dynamically learned addresses

info
or
info1, info2,...

Displays the current system status. (info for
508/9)(info1,2 for 516/7)
(info1,2,3,4 for 524)
(info1,2,3,4 for 526)

LINK Status. Rate, Flow, etc.

upwd

Set a user defined password.

restore

Restores the defaults of the switch (complete
reset). **Note: Power cycle is required
when completed.

restores the factory settings of the switch. With the
exception of the “protected settings” (see
‘Restoring Defaults’), the settings made by the user
are reset to the default values.


N-View

TM

Menu


With the N-View

TM

OPC software and an appropriate OPC viewer, one can monitor port and switch status

via the LAN. When enabled, periodic Multicast MAC packets are sent out from every port.

Note: The configuration console is only available with –A models.

Command

Description

Comment

info

Displays the current values of the
switch settings

MAC address,
Enabled or disabled

disable (or enable)

Enable Disable N-View

TM

Choice is opposite of current state


Notes on N-View

TM

:

• With ‘-A’ option, either all ports are ‘on’, or all ports are ‘off’.
• With the ‘-N’ option all ports are ‘on’.
• Rate for generation of MIB information frames is ~6.4 seconds.

• The N-View

TM

frames are not mirrored.

• The FX Port is mapped to port 9 on the 509, and as port 17 on the 517. On the 508FX2, ports 7 and 8 are FX ports. On

the 526FX, Ports 25 and 26 are FX ports.



Example of the N-View info screen:
CLI\SYSTEM\N-VIEW>info

N-View is ENABLED.

MAC ADDRESS:00-07-AF-00-05-26


/ (Go to top of menu tree)
? (Show menus/commands)

info (Get information about N-View)
disable (Disable N-View)

CLI\SYSTEM\N-VIEW>