Cabletron Systems 9H42X-XX Manual Do Utilizador
Bridging
5-6
Enabling and Disabling Bridging
Enabling and Disabling Bridging
When you disable a bridge port, you disconnect that port’s network from the
bridge entirely. The port does not forward any packets, nor does it participate in
Spanning Tree operations. Nodes connected to the network can still communicate
with each other, but they can’t communicate with the bridge and other networks
connected to the bridge. When you enable a port, the port moves from the
Disabled state through the Listening and Learning states to the Forwarding or
Blocking state (as determined by Spanning Tree).
bridge entirely. The port does not forward any packets, nor does it participate in
Spanning Tree operations. Nodes connected to the network can still communicate
with each other, but they can’t communicate with the bridge and other networks
connected to the bridge. When you enable a port, the port moves from the
Disabled state through the Listening and Learning states to the Forwarding or
Blocking state (as determined by Spanning Tree).
Enabling and Disabling Individual Interfaces
There are two ways to disable an individual port interface:
from the Bridge Status window:
1.
Click on the desired Port button (
) to display the port menu.
2.
Drag down to Enable to restart bridging on the selected interface, or Disable
to halt bridging across the selected interface.
to halt bridging across the selected interface.
from the Module View window:
1.
Click on the appropriate port display to access the Port menu.
2.
Drag down to Enable to restart bridging on the selected interface, or Disable
to halt bridging across the selected interface.
to halt bridging across the selected interface.
Enabling and Disabling All Installed Interfaces
Similarly, there are two ways to disable bridging across all interfaces on the
9H42x-xx module:
9H42x-xx module:
from the Bridge Status window:
1.
Click on
to display the Bridge Status menu.
2.
Drag down to Enable Bridge to enable bridging across all installed interfaces,
or to Disable Bridge to disable bridging across all installed interfaces.
or to Disable Bridge to disable bridging across all installed interfaces.
NOTE
For Fast Ethernet interfaces, you configure the Duplex Mode (as well as speed and
parameters related to auto-negotiation) via the Port Configuration window available from
the individual bridge port menus.
parameters related to auto-negotiation) via the Port Configuration window available from
the individual bridge port menus.