Enterasys Networks 700 User Manual
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The MultiSwitch 700 Device View
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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
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
.
•
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
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
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
, on
, 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
, on
.
•
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
, on
.
•
Priority Configuration
allows you to establish priority packet forwarding. For
more information, see
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
.