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Monitoring the Network from the Console Statistics Menu SmartStack STS16-20D/STS16-20R Token Ring Switches Installation and User Guide
Route (hex)
The route descriptor triplet: My ring number.Bridge Number.Distant ring. This
field will always have the format ###.#.### (displayed in hexadecimal). Ring
numbers are in the range 001–FFF, bridge numbers are in the range 0–F.
Type
The Type column of the Master Route Descriptor Table can contain the
following types:
•
Known - Port :
— A known route descriptor (bridge) on Port nn.
— can be:
TR — The route descriptor is known at the specified Token-Ring port.
ATM —The route is known at the specified ATM port
HSTR —The route is known at the specified High-Speed Token-Ring port.
— The route descriptor will be present at port nn.
— Port— The route descriptor is known at a box or port.
If the route descriptor has occurred as next hop in the RIF of
incoming frames at other ports, it will be present in these
ports too.
•
Unknown :
— The route descriptor has occurred as next hop in the Route Information
Field of incoming frames at one or more ports. The switch has however
not yet learned the location of the route descriptor (bridge) because the
target station has not sent any response frames.
Ports
Ports of the switch whose address table includes this route descriptor.