Local Management: Overview, Setup, and Navigation
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State (Read-only)
This field displays the current state of each listed interface. The possible interface
states include:
Disabling:
Management has disabled this interface. No traffic can be received
or forwarded while the interface is disabled.
Learning:
The bridge is learning this interface’s network addresses. The
bridge 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.
Listening:
The bridge is not adding information to the Transparent Database.
The bridge is monitoring BPDU traffic while preparing to move
from the learning to the forwarding state.
Forwarding:
The bridge is on-line and this interface is forwarding traffic.
Blocking:
This interface will not forward any traffic through the bridge.
Status (Toggle)
This field allows a user to set the forwarding status of the listed interface. Press
the Space Bar to toggle to the desired value. Valid values are:
•
ENABLED (default)
•
DISABLED
Setting the Age Time
To set the Age Time, proceed as follows:
1. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Age Time field.
2. Enter the desired Age Time in increments of 10. The available Age Time range
is 10 seconds to 1,000,000 seconds with the default value of 300 seconds.
3. Use the arrow keys to highlight the SAVE command at the bottom of the
screen. If the entry is not in the range, the Event Message will come up with an
error message giving the correct range, and the field will refresh with the
previous Age Time.
4. Press ENTER. The message “SAVED OK” displays.
