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The ATX Switch Chassis View

2-6

Viewing Chassis Information

For more information on the port display options available via this menu, see

Selecting a Port Status View

,

page 2-8

.

The Utilities Menu

The Utilities menu provides access to the MIBTree utility, which provides direct
access to the ATX’s MIB information, and to the RMON utility, a remote
monitoring feature that is supported by many Cabletron and Enterasys intelligent
devices. These selections are also available from the Utilities menu at the top of
NetSight Element Manager’s main window. Refer to your Tools Guide for a
thorough explanation of the MibTree and RMON utilities.

The Help Menu

The Help Menu has three selections:

MIBs Supported, which brings up the Chassis Manager window, described in

The Chassis Manager Window

section of this chapter.

Chassis Manager Help, which brings up a help window with information
specifically related to using the Chassis Manager and Chassis View windows.

About Chassis Manager..., which brings up a window with the version
number of the Chassis Manager application in use.

The PPE Module Menu

The Packet Processing Engine (PPE) has the following selections in its module
menu:

Module Type..., which brings up a window containing a description of a
module inserted in the ATX Switch; see

Viewing Hardware Types

, later in this

chapter.

Port Trunking..., which brings up a window containing the trunking table and
allows you to enable and disable trunking on each interface on your ATX; see
Chapter 3 for more information.

Port Filtering..., which brings up the Port Filtering window from which you
can create custom filters and discard or forward traffic based on the specified
criteria; see Chapter 4 for more information.

Workgroups..., which brings up the Virtual Workgroups window where you
can set up virtual workgroups on your ATX; see Chapter 5 for more
information.

Port Mirroring..., which brings up the Port Mirroring window from which you
can set up port mirroring on your ATX; you can configure a diagnostic port as
either a local port or a remote port on another ATX in your network. For more
information, see Chapter 6.

IPX Routing Tables..., which displays the IPX Routing Tables window, which
contains statistics about IPX Routing on your ATX; see Chapter 7 for more
information.