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Spanning Tree Configuration
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Spanning Tree Configuration
This menu allows you to view and configure the IntraSwitch’s
Spanning Tree parameters.
The unit is shipped with Spanning Tree
enabled
on all ports.
You cannot disable Spanning Tree on an individual port basis.
See Chapter 7, “Advanced Management” for use of this menu to
configure the Spanning Tree Protocol.
Forwarding Database/Security Configuration
This menu allows the user to view and search for addresses in
the IntraSwitch’s MAC Forwarding Table. It also provides the
option for displaying MAC addresses and IP/MAC binding by
individual port.
The MAC Forwarding Table is a table of node addresses that the
IntraSwitch automatically builds by "listening and learning," It
performs this task by monitoring the packets that pass through
the IntraSwitch, checking the source and destination addresses,
and then recording the source address information in the table.
The IntraSwitch uses the information in this table to decide
whether a frame should be forwarded to a particular
destination port or “flooded” to all the ports other than the
received port. Each entry consists of the MAC address of the
device and an identifier for the port on which it was received.
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Note:
The MAC address table can hold a
maximum of 8,192 entries.
To access the Forwarding DB/Security Configuration Menu,
type
f in the Configuration Menu. A screen similar to Figure 5-
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