User`s guide

Viewing Chassis Information 2-7
The ATX Switch Chassis View
The Module Menu
There is one module menu selection:
• Module Type..., which brings up a window containing a description of a
module inserted in the ATX Switch; see Viewing Hardware Types, page 2-10.
The PPE Port Menu
Theport representingthe ATX’sPacket ProcessingEngine (PPE) hasthe following
selections in its port menu:
• Description..., which brings up a window describing the selected port; see
Interface Description, page 2-11.
The Port Menu
The port menu selections are as follows:
• Description..., which brings up a window describing the selected port; see
Interface Description, page 2-11.
• I/F Stats..., which graphically displays the traffic passing between your
bridged networks; see Chapter 3.
• Admin Enable/Disable, which administratively turns the selected bridging
portonoroff;seeAdministrativelyEnabling and Disabling Ports,page 2-29,
for more information.
• IPX Routing, whichallowsyou toenable ordisable IPX Routingonany ofthe
interfaces on the ATX; see IPX Routing, page 2-12, for more information.
• IP Config/Routing,which allows you toenable any port inyour ATX Chassis
for IP routing; see IP Routing, page 2-14, for more information.
• Port Configuration, which allows you to configure each individual port for
broadcast protection, ring speed (for token ring ports only), and local
switching(for tokenring andfast ethernetportsonly); seePort Configuration
on page 2-16.
• Bridge Configuration, whichallows youto configure bridging parameters on
an individual port basis; see Bridge Port Configuration, page 2-17.
Port Status Displays
When you open the Chassis View window, each port on the ATX Switch will
display its Admin status (defined below); to change this status display, select one
of the options on the Port Status menu, as described in the following sections.