User manual

FDDI Management
5-2 Viewing FDDI Information
• Connection Policy — This window shows the types of connections between
the four FDDI PHY (port) types — A, B, M, and S — that will be allowed by
the SMT entity.
• Station List — With this window you can see the configuration of the ring on
which the SMT entity resides, including number of nodes, node addresses
(both Canonical and MAC), node class, and current ring topology.
• Performance — This window lets you view the number of frames transmitted
and received on the ring as detected by the selected SMT entity, along with
error and lost frames, and the number of ring initializations.
• FDDI Statistics — This window allows you to view various traffic-related
statistics for each SMT entity present on the device.
To access FDDI information (except FDDI Statistics):
1. In the Device View window, click on F
DDI; drag down to select the SMT entity
of interest, then right to reveal the FDDI Information menu (Figure 5-1).
Figure 5-1. The FDDI Menus
2. Select the desired option.
To access the FDDI Statistics window:
1. In the Device View window, click on D
evice to display the Device menu.
2. Click on FDDI
Statistics; The FDDI Statistics Window, as shown in
Figure 5-6 on page 5-13, will appear.
NOTE
The title bar of each window displays the index number of the SMT entity whose
information is being displayed.