Cabletron Systems STS16-20R User Manual

SmartStack STS16-20D/STS16-20R Token Ring Switches Installation and User Guide

Switch Configuration

You can set the per-port aging value using the Address Aging menu. The following 
describes the types of address aging.

There are two types of aging:

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Port aging

— Any address in a port's address table that has not been active for a port's 

configured aging time will be removed from the port’s table

— Set at the Port Address Table Aging menu

•

Master Table aging

— Addresses that are in the master address table, but not in any port address 

table, will be removed from the master address table after the system aging 
time

— Set at the Master Address Table Aging menu

There are two levels to set for the port and master aging tables:

 is a time limit, in minutes, which will drop older addresses 

after the selected time.

 stores addresses until reaching maximum capacity of 

the table, then deletes addresses, (in the following specific order) down to a selected 
percentage level and continues to cycle in the same manner.

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Random remote addresses

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Sequential remote addresses

— sequentially aged from the top of the Address Aging table to the bottom of 

the table

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Random local addresses

•

Sequential local addresses

More information on address aging and the address aging screens is presented in 
the following sections.