Cabletron Systems SPECTRUM TRMMIM User Manual
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Viewing Ring-level Information
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Ring Map
To access the Error Table:
1.
Click on
.
2.
Drag down to Error Table, and to the right to select Total Errors or a specific 
error. The Error Table, 
, will appear.
Figure 3-8. The Error Table Window
The reported soft errors are errors from which the ring can recover through 
normal operation of the Token Ring protocol. Although these errors do not cause 
ring failure, in sufficient numbers they may cause degradation of ring 
performance, and the ring may have to be purged (the Active Monitor must 
perform ring recovery operations), or Active Monitor contention may have to be 
initiated. In either of these situations, the data flow will be halted while normal 
operations are being restored on the ring.
NOTE
The statistics for each category are measured at the end of the specified polling interval 
and are displayed according to the selected calculation mode. The calculation mode is 
global in nature; that is, when you change modes, it affects all statistics — including 
those in the Error Table. The window title notes the calculation mode currently in effect. 
