Enterasys 6000 User Guide

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Port Redirect Configuration Screen
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Chassis Menu Screens
4.8.1
Changing Source and Destination Ports
To add or delete source port and destination port entries and set the Frame Format and Redirect 
Errors functions, proceed as follows:
1. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Src Port field near the bottom of the screen.
2. Press the SPACE bar or BACKSPACE key one or more times to increment or decrement the 
port number displayed in the brackets [n] until the appropriate port number displays.
3. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Src Module field near the bottom of the screen.
4. Use the SPACE bar or BACKSPACE key to step to the appropriate module number for the 
destination module. 
5. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Dest Port field near the bottom of the screen.
6. Press the SPACE bar or BACKSPACE key one or more times to increment or decrement the 
port number displayed in the brackets [n] until the appropriate port number displays.
7. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Dest Module field near the bottom of the screen.
8. Use the SPACE bar or BACKSPACE key to step to the appropriate module number for the 
destination module. 
9. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Frame Format field near the bottom of the screen.
10. Use the SPACE bar or BACKSPACE key to step to the appropriate frame format setting 
(NORMALTAGGED, or UNTAGGED) for the selected Destination Port.
11. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Redirect Errors field near the bottom of the screen.
12. Use the SPACE bar to select either the ON or OFF option and press ENTER. ON forces the 
source port to forward errored frames to the destination port(s). OFF forces the errors to be 
dropped before forwarding traffic.
13. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Status field.
Redirect Errors 
(Toggle)
Set each source port to either ON, to send errored frames to its 
destination port, or OFF to drop errored frames, and send only valid 
traffic to its destination port. The default setting is OFF.
Status 
(Toggle)
Add or delete source and destination ports selected in the Source Port 
[n] and Destination Port [n] fields.
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Port Redirect Configuration Screen
 
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