User's Manual Part 2

SCP-LPS20x-011-012-01H December 20, 2004
120 ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
BRIDGE STAT PARAMETERS
State
Current state of the bridge.
• Listening: Initial state. Port is not forwarding packets but listens for other bridges.
• Learning: Bridge learns about other bridges on that port. Port is not forwarding packets.
• Forwarding: Port is forwarding packets. Bridge is operational on the port.
• Blocking: Port is not forwarding. A loop was detected in the bridging network.
ID
Unique ID assigned to a port. This ID cannot be changed. The last digit in the ID corresponds to the port number
used in the Bridge forwarding table.
Packets Blocked
Number of packets blocked by the Security filters. To activate the filters, click Security > Access controller.
Packets Passed
Number of packets forwarded by the bridge.
Bytes Blocked
Number of bytes blocked by the Security filters. To activate the filters, click Security > Access controller.
Bytes Passed
Number of bytes forwarded by the bridge.
Spanning Tree Protocol
For complete definitions of these fields, refer to the following document which is available in a number of locations
on the Internet.
• ANSI/IEEE Std 802.1D, 1998 Edition - Part 3: Media Access Control (MAC) Bridges
BRIDGE FORWARDING TABLE PARAMETERS
This table lists the forwarding entries learned by the bridge.
Port
Identifies the port on the LPS-20x that traffic is forwarded on. The interface number corresponds to the last digit of
the port ID in the Bridge stats box.
MAC Address
Identifies the MAC address to be matched. Traffic addressed to this address is forwarded on the corresponding port.
Local?
• Yes: Indicates that the MAC address identifies an interface on the LPS-20x.
• No: Indicates that the MAC address is learned.
Aging Timer
Indicates how long (in seconds) until the entry is deleted from the table. Once deleted, the entry must be relearned.