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Chapter 5: Local Management
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Age Time (Modifiable)
Enables the user to set the amount of time (in seconds) the 6H123-50 and
6H133-37 keep an address in its switch table before discarding it. The
modules will discard an address from their switch table if they do not
receive a valid frame from the applicable address in the amount of time
specified in the Age Time field. To change the Age Time field from the
default value of 300 seconds, refer to
Section 5.18.2 .
Port # (Read-Only)
Lists each switch port on the module.
MAC Address (Read-Only)
Displays the hardware address assigned to each listed port.
State (Read-Only)
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 Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU)
traffic while preparing to move from the learning to the forwarding state.
Learning: The switch is learning the network address of 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.
Blocking: 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 5.18.3 .