Enterasys SmartSwitch 6000, User Manual

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Chapter 5
Managing Ethernet MicroLAN
Modules
Viewing the Statistics, Timer Statistics, and Performance Graph windows; using the repeater, board,
and port Alarm Limits windows; setting alarm limits; link state traps, segmentation traps, and source
address traps
The Repeater menu provides access to windows for monitoring and managing repeated
Ethernet networks supported by a SmartSwitch 6000 or Matrix E7 Ethernet MicroLAN
module (e.g., the 6E123-50 or 6E133-49). The Repeater menu option is available in the
Device View for Ethernet MicroLAN modules.
Among the windows available from this menu are repeater, board, and port statistics
windows (including Statistics, Timer Statistics, and Performance Graph windows);
repeater, board, and port Alarm Limits windows; and
repeater, board, and port Trap
Selection windows.
The Lock/Unlock Ports option on the Repeater menu enables you to control port security.
The Device View for Ethernet MicroLAN modules displays the port locking status of each
repeater channel in a panel to the left of the module.
Refer to Chapter 2, The Device View for more information on the Ethernet MicroLAN
port display and menu structure.
Repeater Statistics
The statistical information collected and stored by your Ethernet MicroLAN module
provides you with detailed information about how much traffic your network (or a
segment thereof) is experiencing, including the sizes and types of packets that make up
that traffic, and how much of that traffic comprises packets which have been badly formed
or somehow mangled in transmission. These statistics can give you a good overall sense of
the usage your network, or network segment, is experiencing.