General Switch Administration using the JDM
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Bridge screen
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Base tab
The Base tab displays basic Bridge information including the MAC address,
type, and number of ports participating in the Bridge.
You must uniquely refer to the MAC address used by the bridge. The Mac
address must be the smallest MAC address (numerically) of all ports that
belong to the bridge. However, the Mac address must be unique only when
it is integrated with dot1dStpPriority. A unique BridgeIdentifier is formed and
is used in the Spanning Tree Protocol.
To view the Base tab, perform the following procedure.
Step
Action
1
Open the Bridge screen by selecting Edit > Bridge.
The Bridge screen appears with the Base tab selected. This screen
and tab are illustrated in
"Bridge screen -- Base tab fields" (page 241)
describes the fields
on this tab.
Bridge screen -- Base tab fields
Field
Description
BridgeAddress
MAC address of the bridge when it is
uniquely referred to. This address must
be the smallest MAC address of all ports
that belong to the bridge. However, it
must be unique. When concatenated with
Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 Series
Overview — System Configuration
NN47205-500
02.01
Standard
5.0
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