Olicom CrossFire 8730, Reference Manual

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CrossFire 8730 Switch Reference Guide, DOC-7047 v. 1.1 Switch Configuration
Enabled
For the Token-Ring ports 1-20 this variable shows if the port is currently enabled
via managing. Possible values are Yes (enabled) or No (disabled). The default value
is Yes.
Status
This field is for informational purposes only, and shows if the port is currently
inserted into the ring.
Address Demand Aging Level
Sets the threshold on the number of entries in the address table on which entries are
aged faster. Possible values are 50, 60, 70, 80 and 90 percent and Disabled.
Default: 90 percent.
Trace Mask
Sets a bit mask for which messages are logged in the message log. This is mainly
for debugging purposes by Olicom support.
Media Type
This field is for informational purposes only, and shows the media type of the port.
The value will always be RJ-45, since this is the type of all the ports on CrossFire
8730.
Media Speed
The Token-Ring media speed. Possibilities are 4 or 16 Mbps or Auto. When a
switch port configured with Auto discovers a connection to shared media, it will
open and insert into the ring. If the open returns with an indication, that the port is
the first station to enter the ring, it will close.
This algorithm is analogue to that of auto-sensing adapters, which dictates that an
adapter, which is capable of speed adjustment, must have some other station on the
ring (typically a server), from which it can sense the network speed.
If you want to have switch ports, which are attached to shared media, it is
recommended that you change the default media speed configuration from Auto to
either 16 or 4 Mbps.
Max Explorer Rate on Input
The maximum Explorer frame forwarding rate per second. Possible values are
Disabled (default) or 0 -5000.
MTU
The Maximum Transfer Unit is the size of the information field of packets to be
sent or received. Possible values are 1,500 and 4,472 (default), 8,144, and 17,800.