Cabletron Systems 2H23-50R, User Manual

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Switch Configuration Screen
2H23-50R/2H33-37R User’s Guide 5-41
MAC Address (Read-Only)
Displays the hardware address assigned to each listed port.
State (Read-Only)
There are five states that can display in this field. These states are
described as follows:
Disabled: Management disabled this interface. No traffic is received or
forwarded while the interface is disabled.
Listening: The switch is not adding information to the Transparent
Database. The switch is monitoring the Bridge Protocol Data Unit
(BPDU) traffic while preparing to move from the learning to the
forwarding state.
Learning: The switch is learning the addresses on this interface. The
switch enters the learning state when the Transparent Database is created
(during start-up or after being deleted), or when the Spanning Tree
Algorithm detects a network topology change.
Forwarding: The switch is operating and this interface is forwarding
traffic.
Standby: This interface will not forward any traffic through the switch
because a loop condition has been detected by the STA.
Status (Toggle)
Allows the user to disable or enable a port by setting the status of the
listed interface to either ENABLED or DISABLED. To set the port status,
refer to
Section 5.10.3 .
[1-8] or [9-11] (Navigation Key)
When the Switch Configuration screen displays, the current port
configuration information is displayed for the first 8 ports. This field
allow the user to step to a second screen (if 2H23-50R) to display the
information for ports 9 through 11. Depending on the current screen
displayed, the user can navigate back and forth by highlighting the [1-8]
or [9-11] field and pressing ENTER.