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Cabletron Systems 2000 User Manual

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Viewing Chassis Information

2-7

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View

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Broadcast Suppression

allows you to set a threshold on the number of

broadcast packets issued from each port on the SmartSwitch 2000 when it is
operating in traditional switch (bridge) mode. See

Broadcast Suppression

, on

page 2-72

.

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FDDI Statistics

menu option will appear if you have an HSIM-F6 installed in

your device. This launches a window which displays trafÞc-related statistics
for each Station Management (SMT) entity present on an installed HSIM-F6.
See Chapter 6,

FDDI Applications

, for more information.

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UPS

, which brings up a window that allows you to conÞgure an

Uninterruptable Power Supply attached to your SmartSwitch 2000; see

Using

an Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS)

, on

page 2-45

, for details.

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Bridge Status

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 in the SPECTRUM Element Manager
Tools Guide

for more information.

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Find Source Address

opens a window that allows you to search the 802.1d

Filtering Database of the SmartSwitch 2000 to determine which bridging
interface a speciÞed source MAC address is communicating through. If the
MAC address is found, the port display will ßash to indicate the correct bridge
interface. Refer to

Using Find Source Address Functions

, on

page 2-26

, for

more information.

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Exit

closes the SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View window.

The View Menu

The View menu lets you switch the front panel display between two graphical
representations of the device:

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The Logical view provides the logical front panel display of the SmartSwitch
2000 device and its interfaces.

NOTE

The UPS menu option will only be available when the COM Port is administratively set
to UPS in the COM Port ConÞguration window.

NOTE

If an HSIM-A6DP is installed in your SmartSwitch 2000, ATM Connections will be
available as an additional Device menu selection. The ATM Connections window is
described in Chapter 7,

ATM ConÞguration

.