Cabletron Systems TSX-1620 User Manual

Using the TSX-1620 Bridge View

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The Bridge Status Window

Figure 3-4. Port Boxes in the Detail View

 explains the Detail View bridge port information.

You can set or change the device name or location— which display in the Bridge 
Traffic View Front Panel—in the Bridge Status window. 

The Contact field is the only Bridge Status window field not displayed in the 
Bridge Traffic View Front Panel. Use the Contact box to record the name and 
phone number of the person responsible for the device.

To set or change information for any of the Bridge Status window fields:

1.

Display the Device menu by clicking on the Front Panel 

 button.

2.

In the Device menu, drag down to Status and release.

Each port shows the total frames transmitted and 
received by the port.

Port summary information includes Port Index (at 
the top of the Bridge Port box), Port Status, 
Bridge Port State, and Frames Forwarded. You 
can display Frames Forwarded as a delta value 
(the total number of frames forwarded by this 
bridge port to any other port on the bridge during 
the last polling interval) or as a percentage value 
(showing the percentage of all frames received by 
the port from its attached network segment during 
the last polling interval that were forwarded to 
another port on the bridge) by clicking the 
Delta/Percentage button at the bottom of the 
window (see 

).

Each corner of the bridge port summarizes 
activity to another bridge port. You can display 
Forwarded To as a delta value (the total number 
of frames forwarded by this bridge port to the 
specified port on the bridge during the last polling 
interval) or as a percentage value (showing the 
percentage of all frames received by the port 
during the last polling interval that were forwarded 
to the specified port on the bridge) by clicking the 
Delta/Percentage button at the bottom of the 
window (see 

).