Cabletron Systems TSX-1620 Manuel D’Utilisation
Using the TSX-1620 Bridge View
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Accessing the Bridge Traffic View Window
The community name you use to start the Bridge application must have at least
Read
Read
access; for full management functionality, you should use a community
name that provides Read/Write or Superuser access. For more information on
community names, see Defining Community Names in Chapter 2, Using the
TSX-1620 Hub View
community names, see Defining Community Names in Chapter 2, Using the
TSX-1620 Hub View
, the appropriate Installing and Using SPECTRUM for...
guide, and/or the Community Names chapter in the SPMA Tools Guide.
The Bridge Traffic View is the heart of the Bridge application. The first window to
appear when you start the Bridge application, it contains a status display of the
device’s bridge interfaces and contains the buttons and menus that provide access
to all bridge monitoring and management functions.
appear when you start the Bridge application, it contains a status display of the
device’s bridge interfaces and contains the buttons and menus that provide access
to all bridge monitoring and management functions.
Navigating Through the Bridge Traffic View
Within the Bridge Traffic View, you can click mouse buttons in different areas of
the window to initiate management tasks. The following diagram shows you how
to display the Bridge Traffic View Device and Port menus.
the window to initiate management tasks. The following diagram shows you how
to display the Bridge Traffic View Device and Port menus.
NOTES
The spmarun script invoked first in the above command temporarily sets the environment
variables SPMA needs to operate; be sure to use this command any time you launch an
application from the command line. This script is automatically invoked when you launch
an application from the icon menu or from within the Bridge TrafficView.
variables SPMA needs to operate; be sure to use this command any time you launch an
application from the command line. This script is automatically invoked when you launch
an application from the icon menu or from within the Bridge TrafficView.
If there is a hostname mapped to your bridging device’s IP address, you can use
<hostname> in place of <IP address> to launch the Bridge View. Please note, however,
that the hostname is not the same as the device name which can be assigned via Local
Management and/or SPMA; you cannot use the device name in place of the IP address.
<hostname> in place of <IP address> to launch the Bridge View. Please note, however,
that the hostname is not the same as the device name which can be assigned via Local
Management and/or SPMA; you cannot use the device name in place of the IP address.