Cabletron Systems Lancast Media Converter 7000 User Manual
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Viewing Chassis Information
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The SmartSwitch 7000 Chassis View
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I/F Summary
, which lets you view statistics (displayed both graphically and
numerically) for the trafÞc processed by each network interface on your
device, and provides access to some SNMP MIB-II windows. See Viewing I/F
Summary Information
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ATM Connections
, which launches the window that allows you to view and
conÞgure Permanent Virtual Circuits (PVCs) for any installed ATM interfaces.
Note that this menu option will only appear when an ATM NIM module is
installed in the chassis. For more information about conÞguring PVCs, see
Chapter 6, ATM ConÞguration.
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Com Port ConÞguration
, which allows you to conÞgure the settings of the two
COM ports on the 7X00 Control Module; see ConÞguring the COM Ports,
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FDDI Statistics
, which lets you view a summary of trafÞc statistics for each
installed FDDI interface. For more information, see Viewing FDDI Statistics,
; note that this menu option will only appear when an FDDI NIM is
installed in the chassis.
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Bridge Status...
, which opens a window that provides an overview of bridging
information for each port, and allows you to access all other bridge-related
options. Refer to the bridging chapter of your Tools Guide for more
information.
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Find Source Address...
, which opens a window that allow you to search the
SmartSwitch 7000Õs 802.1d Filtering Database to determine which bridging
interface a speciÞc MAC address is communicating through. If the MAC
address is found, the port display will ßash to indicate the correct bridge
interface.
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Exit
, which closes the SmartSwitch 7000 Chassis View window.
The Port Status Menu
The Port Status menu allows you to select the status information that will be
displayed in the port text boxes in the Chassis View window:
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Status
allows you to select one of four status type displays: Bridge, Bridge
Mapping, Admin, or Operator.
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Load
will display the portion of network load processed per polling interval
by each interface, expressed as a percentage of the theoretical maximum load
(10 or 100 Mbits/sec).
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Errors
allows you to display the number of errors detected per polling interval
by each interface, expressed as a percentage of the total number of valid
packets processed by the interface.
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I/F Mapping
will display the interface (if) index associated with each port
your SmartSwitch 7000 chassis.
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I/F Speed
will display the portÕs bandwidth: 10M (megabits) for Ethernet;
100M for Fast Ethernet, FDDI, or ATM.