Cabletron Systems ELEMENT MANAGER NB30 Manuale Utente

Viewing Chassis Information

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The NB-30 Bridge Chassis View

The areas surrounding the main port display area provide the following device 
information:

The Internet Protocol address assigned to the NB-30 appears in the title bar of the 
Chassis View window; this will display the IP address you have used to create the 
NB-30 icon. IP addresses are assigned via Local Management.

This color-coded area indicates the current state of communication between 
SPECTRUM Element Manager and the NB-30 bridge.

¥

 indicates the NB-30 bridge is responding to device polls (valid 

connection).

¥

 indicates that the NB-30 bridge is reconÞguring because of a change 

in the Spanning Tree; note that board and port menus are inactive during this 
stand-by state.

¥

 indicates an unknown contact status Ñ polling has not yet been 

established with the NB-30 bridge.

¥

 indicates the NB-30 bridge is not responding to device polls (device is off 

line, or device polling has failed across the network for some other reason).

The amount of time, in a day(s) hh:mm:ss format, that the NB-30 bridge has been 
running since the last start-up.

Displays the port status currently in effect. Management for the NB-30 supports 
one port display, therefore this Þeld will state Default.

The physical layer address assigned to the port through which SPECTRUM 
Element Manager is communicating with the NB-30 bridge. MAC addresses are 
hard-coded in the device, and are not conÞgurable.

The revision of BOOT PROM installed in the device. This Þeld will not be 
available for the NB-30 bridge.

The revision of device Þrmware stored in the NB-30 bridgeÕs FLASH PROMs.

The current time, in a 24-hour hh:mm:ss format, set in the NB-30 bridgeÕs internal 
clock.