User`s guide

The ATX Switch Chassis View
2-6 Viewing Chassis Information
For more information on the port display options available via this menu, see
Selecting a Port Status View, page 2-8.
The Utilities Menu
The Utilities menu provides access to the MIBTree utility, which provides direct
access to the ATX’s MIB information, and to the RMON utility, a remote
monitoring feature that is supportedby manyCabletronand Enterasys intelligent
devices. These selections are also available from the Utilities menu at the top of
NetSight Element Manager’s main window. Refer to your Tools Guide for a
thorough explanation of the MibTree and RMON utilities.
The Help Menu
The Help Menu has three selections:
• MIBsSupported,whichbringsuptheChassisManagerwindow, describedin
The Chassis Manager Window section of this chapter.
• Chassis Manager Help, which brings up a help window with information
specifically related to using the Chassis Manager and Chassis View windows.
• About Chassis Manager..., which brings up a window with the version
number of the Chassis Manager application in use.
The PPE Module Menu
The Packet Processing Engine (PPE) has the following selections in its module
menu:
• Module Type..., which brings up a window containing a description of a
moduleinserted intheATXSwitch;seeViewingHardwareTypes,laterinthis
chapter.
• PortTrunking...,whichbringsupawindow containingthetrunkingtableand
allows you to enable and disable trunking on each interface on your ATX; see
Chapter 3 for more information.
• Port Filtering..., which brings up the Port Filtering window from which you
can create custom filters and discard or forward traffic based on the specified
criteria; see Chapter 4 for more information.
• Workgroups..., which brings up the Virtual Workgroups window where you
can set up virtual workgroups on your ATX; see Chapter 5 for more
information.
• PortMirroring...,whichbringsupthePortMirroringwindowfromwhichyou
can set up port mirroring on your ATX; you can configure adiagnostic portas
either a local port or a remoteport onanother ATX inyour network.For more
information, see Chapter 6.
• IPX Routing Tables..., whichdisplays the IPX RoutingTables window, which
contains statistics about IPX Routing on your ATX; see Chapter 7 for more
information.