User manual

The MultiSwitch 700 Device View
2-8 Viewing Device Information
The Device Menu
From the Device Menu, you can access the following selections:
• D
evice Type displays a window containing a description of the device being
modeled. See Device Type, on page 2-20, for details.
• D
evice Find Source Address enables you to determine through which
interface a specified MAC address is communicating by searching the repeater
Source Address Table (SAT) and the 802.1d bridge Filtering database. If the
specified MAC address is located, a list of interface(s) through which the given
address is communicating will be displayed. See Using Device Find Source
Address, on page 2-27.
• Edit Device T
ime and Edit Device Date allow you to set the MultiSwitch 700
module’s internal clock; see Setting the Device Date and Time, on page 2-72.
• S
ystem Group allows you to manage the MultiSwitch 700 via SNMP MIB II.
Refer to the Generic SNMP Management Guide for further information.
• I
/F Summary lets you view statistics (displayed both graphically and
numerically) for the traffic processed by each network interface on your
device. See Viewing I/F Summary Information, on page 2-22, for details.
• V
LAN option displays in the Device menu if your module is configured to
operate in 802.1Q mode. The windows launched via the V
LAN option allow
you to configure and operate port-based VLANs on the module. See 802.1Q
VLANs, on page 2-60, for details.
• A
TM Connections option displays if you have a DELHA-UA installed in your
module. This launches a window which lets you configure Permanent Virtual
Circuits (PVCs) for the module. See Chapter 6, ATM Configuration, for more
information.
• Port R
edirector launches a window that allows you to mirror — or redirect —
traffic received or transmitted at one port on your module to one or more other
ports, so that you can unobtrusively attach network analyzers to ascertain
problems or trends in your data flow. For more information about using the
Port Redirector window, see Redirecting Traffic on the MultiSwitch 700
Module, on page 2-46.
• System
Resources displays information about the processor used on the
monitored MultiSwitch 700 module, as well as the amount of installed and
currently available FLASH memory, DRAM, and NVRAM. See The System
Resources Window, on page 2-57.
•P
riority Configuration allows you to establish priority packet forwarding. For
more information, see Priority Configuration, on page 2-48.
NOTE
The Priority Configuration menu option only displays for modules that respond to any
of NetSight Element Manager’s queries to the following OIDs:
ctPriorityExtPortStatus, ctPriorityExtMaxNumMACEntries, or
ctPriorityExtNumPktTypeEntries.