User`s guide

Viewing Chassis Information 2-7
Using the STS16-20 Chassis View
To change the port status display:
1. Click on Port Status in the Chassis View menu bar to access the Port Status
menu.
2. Click to select the status information you want to display; the appropriate
status information will be shown in the port status display.
The port status options available as follows:
Status
Displays bridge status information for each port, as determined by the selected
submenu option:
¥ Admin displays each bridge portÕs administrative status:
-ON (Green) Ñ The port has been enabled by management and has a valid
link.
- OFF (Red) Ñ The port has not been enabled or it has been disabled
through a management action.
- N/A (Blue) Ñ The administrative status is not available.
¥ Operator displays each bridge portÕs actual operational state:
- ON (Green) Ñ The port is currently forwarding packets.
- OFF (Red) Ñ The port is not currently forwarding packets.
- N/A (Blue) Ñ The operator status is not available.
Load
Displays the percentage of network load processed by each port during the last
polling interval. This percentage reßects the network load generated per polling
interval by devices connected to the port compared to the theoretical maximum
load (4 or 16 Mbps) of the network.
NOTE
The Port Status options allow you to display status information for the 20 built-in
Token Ring ports. The Port Status options do not display status information for any
SSIMs installed in the STS16-20RM and STS16-20FRM.
NOTE
The Admin status provides the state requested by management; the Operator status
provides the actual state of the port. Depending on the circumstances, the Operator
status may or may not match the Admin status currently requested by management. For
example, ports which are administratively ON but not yet connected would display an
Operator status of OFF, since no packets are being forwarded.