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Enterasys Networks 2000 User Manual

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The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View

2-6

Viewing Chassis Information

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 2-67

.

FDDI Statistics

menu option displays if you have an HSIM-F6 installed in

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

FDDI Applications

, for more information.

UPS

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

Uninterruptable Power Supply attached to your SmartSwitch 2000; see

Using

an Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS)

, on

page 2-41

, for details.

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 Tools Guide for more information.

Exit

closes the SmartSwitch 2000 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:

Status

allows you to select one of four status type displays: Bridge, Bridge

Mapping, Admin, or Operator.

Load

will display the portion of network load processed per polling interval

by each interface, expressed as a percentage of its theoretical maximum load
(10, 100, 155.5, or 1000 Mbps).

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.

I/F Mapping

will display the interface (if) index associated with each port on

your SmartSwitch 2000 device.

NOTE

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

.