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Viewing Device Information

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The Gator Module View

Figure 2-8. I/F Summary Window

The I/F Summary window provides a variety of descriptive information about 
each interface on your device, as well as statistics which display each interface’s 
performance.

Index

The index value assigned to each interface on the device.

Type

The type of the interface, distinguished by the physical/link protocol(s) running 
immediately below the network layer (e.g., ethernet-csmacd). 

Description

A text description of the interface.

Physical Status

Displays the current physical status — or operational state — of the interface: 
Online 

or Offline.

Logical Status

Displays the current logical status — or administrative state — of the interface: 
Up 

or Down.

Interface Performance Statistics/Bar Graphs

The statistical values (and, where available, the accompanying bar graphs) to the 
right of the interface description fields provide a quick summary of interface 
performance. You can select the statistical value you want to display and the units 
in which you want those values displayed by using the two menu fields directly 
above the interface display area, as follows:

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Страница 7: ...Module View Viewing Device Information 2 2 Front Panel Information 2 3 Menu Structure 2 4 Gator Module Port Status Display 2 6 The Chassis Manager Window 2 6 Viewing Hardware Types 2 7 Viewing the De...

Страница 8: ...Contents viii...

Страница 9: ...capabilities with no configuration required The GatorStar GX M is a single module designed to plug into the MMAC hub providing plug and play routing between LocalTalk and Ethernet networks with no co...

Страница 10: ...both the LocalTalk and Gator Total Repeater Statistics windows and defines the various packets and errors forwarded across the GatorMIM CS and GatorStar GX M as well as the total repeater statistics c...

Страница 11: ...Mouse Buttons For many mouse operations this document assumes that the left primary mouse button is to be used and references to activating a menu or button will not include instructions about which...

Страница 12: ...n while holding the mouse button down It is often used for drag and drop operations to copy information from one window of the screen into another and to highlight editable text Common Gator Module Wi...

Страница 13: ...s see Getting Help page 1 5 The command buttons for example Bridge call up a menu listing the windows screens or commands available for that topic Any menu topic followed by three dots for example Sta...

Страница 14: ...ne 603 332 9400 24 hours a day 365 days a year By fax 603 337 3075 By mail Enterasys Networks Technical Support 35 Industrial Way Rochester NH 03867 By e mail support enterasys com FTP ftp ctron com 1...

Страница 15: ...ys com To locate product specific information refer to the Enterasys Web site http www enterasys com NOTE For the highest firmware versions successfully tested with NetSight Element Manager 2 2 1 refe...

Страница 16: ...Introduction 1 8 Getting Help...

Страница 17: ...plays the condition of individual ports on the Gator Module the Physical View provides a graphical representation of the actual board face The Module View window serves as a single point of access to...

Страница 18: ...r coded port display which immediately informs you of the current configuration and status of the ports on the module Figure 2 2 Module View Window GatorStar GX M and GatorMIM CS By clicking in design...

Страница 19: ...pports a variable port display see the Gator Module Port Status Display page 2 6 this field will show the display currently in effect If only a single port display is available or if the default view...

Страница 20: ...he Device Menu at the Module View window menu bar you can access the following selections Device Type displays a description of the device being modeled see Viewing the Device Type page 2 7 for detail...

Страница 21: ...ools is also available from the Tools menu at the top of NetSight Element Manager s primary window The Help Menu The Help Menu has the following three selections MIBs Supported opens the Chassis Manag...

Страница 22: ...s enabled but not connected to a device hence no packets are being forwarded DIS Red Disabled The port has been disabled by management no traffic can be received or forwarded on this port Blue Unknown...

Страница 23: ...in the Module View menu bar The Device Type window Figure 2 5 opens Figure 2 5 Device Type Windows Viewing the Module Type From the Board menu on the Gator Module View window you can view a descripti...

Страница 24: ...k Description The Interface Description window Figure 2 7 opens Figure 2 7 Sample Interface Description Window Viewing I F Summary Information The I F Summary option lets you view statistics for the t...

Страница 25: ...iption A text description of the interface Physical Status Displays the current physical status or operational state of the interface Online or Offline Logical Status Displays the current logical stat...

Страница 26: ...igher layer protocol In Discards Packets received by the device interface that were discarded even though no errors prevented them from being delivered to a higher layer protocol e g to free up buffer...

Страница 27: ...ed to the interface display area this field is only available when Load is the selected base unit Rate The count for the selected statistic during the last poll interval The available parameters are t...

Страница 28: ...ive statistics The first four statistics are also graphically displayed in the pie charts Unicast Displays the number of packets transmitted to or received from this interface that had a single unique...

Страница 29: ...r unsupported protocol Packets Received Received only Displays the number of packets received by the selected interface Transmit Queue Size Transmit only Displays the number of packets currently queue...

Страница 30: ...ort 1 Click on the desired Port to display the Port menu 2 Click Enable to enable the port or Disable to disable the port Your port will now be enabled or disabled as desired NOTE The Interface Statis...

Страница 31: ...ndow Figure 3 1 displays accumulated statistics and error breakdowns at the device level for the LocalTalk side of the Gator module Statistics are displayed in numeric form and in graphic form as a pi...

Страница 32: ...ons are color coded red Soft Errors Soft errors are error conditions caused by corrupted data signals such as failure along the transmission path Soft error fields are as follows In No Handlers The to...

Страница 33: ...statistics and error breakdowns at the device level for the GatorStar GX M only The pie chart to the right of the statistics text boxes allows you to graphically view the statistics By using the Total...

Страница 34: ...ood packets received with no errors since the last reset Too Long Packets The total number of packets greater than the maximum allowable number seen on the device since the last reset Alignment Errors...

Страница 35: ...E Enabling a port 2 14 Exit 2 5 F FCS Errors 3 3 firmware versions 1 7 G GatorMIM CS 1 1 GatorStar GX M 1 1 GatorStar Statistics 2 5 Global Technical Assistance Center 1 6 H Help button 1 5 Help Menu...

Страница 36: ...2 10 Readme 1 7 Received Aborts 3 4 Received Packets 3 4 Request to send 3 2 S Set button 1 5 Soft Errors 3 2 Spurious Interrups 3 4 Status conditions 2 6 Sync without packet 3 4 System Group 2 4 T T...

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