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Enterasys Networks 700 User Manual

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The MultiSwitch 700 Device View

2-8

Viewing Device Information

The Device Menu

From the Device Menu, you can access the following selections:

Device Type

displays a window containing a description of the device being

modeled. See

Device Type

, on

page 2-20

, for details.

Device Find Source Address

enables you to determine through which

interface a specified MAC address is communicating by searching the repeater
Source Address Table (SAT) and the 802.1d bridge Filtering database. If the
specified MAC address is located, a list of interface(s) through which the given
address is communicating will be displayed. See

Using Device Find Source

Address

, on

page 2-27

.

Edit Device Time

and Edit Device Date allow you to set the MultiSwitch 700

module’s internal clock; see

Setting the Device Date and Time

, on

page 2-72

.

System Group

allows you to manage the MultiSwitch 700 via SNMP MIB II.

Refer to the Generic SNMP Management Guide for further information.

I/F Summary

lets you view statistics (displayed both graphically and

numerically) for the traffic processed by each network interface on your
device. See

Viewing I/F Summary Information

, on

page 2-22

, for details.

VLAN

option displays in the Device menu if your module is configured to

operate in 802.1Q mode. The windows launched via the VLAN option allow
you to configure and operate port-based VLANs on the module. See

802.1Q

VLANs

, on

page 2-60

, for details.

ATM Connections

option displays if you have a DELHA-UA installed in your

module. This launches a window which lets you configure Permanent Virtual
Circuits (PVCs) for the module. See Chapter 6,

ATM Configuration

, for more

information.

Port Redirector

launches a window that allows you to mirror — or redirect —

traffic received or transmitted at one port on your module to one or more other
ports, so that you can unobtrusively attach network analyzers to ascertain
problems or trends in your data flow. For more information about using the
Port Redirector window, see

Redirecting Traffic on the MultiSwitch 700

Module

, on

page 2-46

.

System Resources

displays information about the processor used on the

monitored MultiSwitch 700 module, as well as the amount of installed and
currently available FLASH memory, DRAM, and NVRAM. See

The System

Resources Window

, on

page 2-57

.

Priority Configuration

allows you to establish priority packet forwarding. For

more information, see

Priority Configuration

, on

page 2-48

.

NOTE

The Priority Configuration menu option only displays for modules that respond to any
of NetSight Element Manager’s queries to the following OIDs:
ctPriorityExtPortStatus

, ctPriorityExtMaxNumMACEntries, or

ctPriorityExtNumPktTypeEntries

.