Cabletron Systems 2.2 Manual De Usuario

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Concentrator Configuration window; Connection Policy window; Station List window; Concentrator 
Performance window

The FDDI menu, available on devices with an installed and enabled FDDI BRIM, 
lets you access windows to view information about the Station Management 
(SMT) entity supported by your FDDI BRIM. The SMT entity provides the system 
management services for the FDDI protocols, including connection management, 
node conÞguration, management statistics, and ring recovery. SMT is composed 
of various subcomponent functions, including Connection Management (CMT) 
and Ring Management (RMT).

The submenus that provide FDDI management are:

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, which displays the current conÞguration of the FDDI BRIM, 

and the status of the ring; see 

details.

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, which displays the types of connections between the four 

FDDI PHY (port) types РA, B, M, and S Ð that will be allowed by the FDDI 
BRIM; see the 

¥

, which displays the conÞguration of the FDDI BRIM managed 

ring, including the number of nodes, node addresses (both Canonical and 
MAC), node class, and current ring topology; see 

, 

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 displays the number of frames transmitted and received on the 

ring, error and lost frames detected on the ring, and the number of ring 
initializations; see