Cabletron Systems 2.2 Manual De Usuario

The Bridge Status Window

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Bridging

Indicates the state of bridging over the port interface. Possible bridge states and 
their corresponding colors are:

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 (green)ÑThe port is on-line and forwarding packets across the 

bridge from one network segment to another.

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 (blue)ÑBridging at the port has been disabled by management; no 

trafÞc can be received or forwarded on this port, including conÞguration 
information for the bridged topology.

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 (magenta)ÑThe port is not adding information to the Þltering 

database. It is monitoring Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) trafÞc while 
preparing to move to the forwarding state.

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 (magenta)ÑThe Forwarding database is being created, or the 

Spanning Tree Algorithm is being executed because of a network topology 
change. The port is monitoring network trafÞc, and learning network 
addresses.

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 (orange)ÑThe port is on-line, but Þltering trafÞc from going across 

the bridge from one network segment to another. Bridge topology information 
will be forwarded by the port.

Indicates the interface type which applies to each device bridging port interface 
(e.g., ethernet). The interface type (ifType) is a mandatory object type from the 
SNMP MIB II Interface (if) Group.

Indicates the physical address of the bridge interface. 

Indicates the speed of the interface in Mbps or Gbps.

At the top of the Bridge Status window, you can click Bridge to access a menu 
that provides other bridge management options. Depending on which device you 
are monitoring via SPECTRUM Element Manager, the following bridge 
management options will be available:

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The Module Type window displays a description of the device that is 
currently being monitored.

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The Find Source Address window allows you to discover the bridge interface 
through which a particular MAC address is communicating; see 

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The Performance Graph window displays statistics for trafÞc across the entire 
bridge; see