Enterasys 6000 User Guide

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 Source 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 Destination Port field near the bottom of the screen.

4. Use the SPACE bar or BACKSPACE key to step to the appropriate port number for the 

destination port.

5. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Frame Format field near the bottom of the screen.

6. Use the SPACE bar or BACKSPACE key to step to the appropriate frame format setting 

(NORMAL, TAGGED, or UNTAGGED) for the selected Destination Port.

7. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Redirect Errors field near the bottom of the screen.

8. 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 errored frames 
to be dropped before forwarding traffic.

9. 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.

NOTE: Before entering any port redirect information, refer to 

 and 

 in Section 6.6 for details and special 

configuration considerations.