Asante Technologies 1012 - Manual (Page 85)

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Configuration Menu System
The alphabetic portion of the field defines the type of entry.
The numeric portion defines the input port and output port.
Here,
input port refers to the segment the transmitting device is
on, and output port refers to the segment the packet is forwarded
to.
About dynamic and static table entries
The bridge treats these two classes of entries differently:
A dynamic table entry represents the segment location (which
segment the device is connected to). After a reset or on being
powered up, the bridge does not have any dynamic entries in its
forwarding table. However, it is monitoring traffic on both.
Table 3-1 Forwarding Table Mode Alphabetic Entries
Entry Definition
BRC Broadcast; cannot be added, deleted, or modified
DYM Dynamic; added dynamically when bridge learns a new address
Cannot be manually added, can be deleted, can be modified if con-
verted to a static entry
MNG Management; cannot be added, deleted, or modified
SPT Spanning Tree, permanent; cannot be added, deleted, or modified
STP Static; permanent, can be added, deleted, or modified
STR Static; deleted if bridge is reset; can be added deleted, or modified
STT Static, deleted on timeout; can be added, deleted, or modified
Table 3-2 Forwarding Table Mode Numeric Entries
Entry In Port Out Port
1- External segment External segment
2- External segment Hub segment
3- External segment External segment and Hub segment
-1 Hub segment External segment
-2 Hub segment Hub segment
-3 Hub segment External segment and Hub segment
11 External and Hub seg-
ment External segment
22 External and Hub seg-
ment Hub segment
33 External and Hub seg-
ment External segment and Hub segment
0- External segment Discard; do not forward
-0 Hub segment Discard; do not forward
00 External and Hub seg-
ment Discard; do not forward