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Figure 6- 64. Bridge Operating Parameters window
The
Bridge Operating Parameters
window displays the following fields:
Bridge Address –
The device MAC address.
Bridge Type –
Types of bridging the device can perform. This is a read only
field, whose value is Transparent Only.
Forwarding Table Aging Time –
The user-defined number of seconds the
learned entries remain in the
Forwarding Table
. The counter is reset each time
the entry is used. After this time, entries are deleted from the table. There is a
minimum 10-second period.
To edit the Forwarding Table Aging Time field:
1. Display
the
Bridge Operating Parameters
window.
2. Edit the Forwarding Table Aging Time
field.
3. Click . When the Status field displays “Finished!”, the fields are confirmed as
modified.
Unicast
Unicast is a method of sending one packet to one destination, for example between a workstation
and a server. The
Unicast
menu has the following options:
Unicast Forward Table Size
Unicast Forward Table Size.
Unicast Global Forwarding Table
The
Unicast Forwarding Table
contains information about MAC Addresses that belong to a
specific VLAN.
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