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