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10/100 Fast Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
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Using the Console Interface
involved in changing the parameters in the Spanning Tree Algorithm.
However, before changing any of the parameters in the Protocol Parameters
or STAP Port Parameters, please read
Chapter 5’s
,
Spanning Tree Algorithm
and become familiar with the complex aspects of the STA. It is
recommended that you leave these parameters as they are. If you, however,
must change them follow the steps in this section, which covers: the
Forwarding Table, Custom Filtering Table, Protocol Parameters, and STAP
Port Parameters.
Forwarding Table
The Forwarding Table displays the list of MAC address entries obtained
from the Switch. It represents a table that contains information about unicast
entries for which the Switch has forwarding and/or filtering information.
♦
Age Time:
The age time is in seconds with 300 seconds being the
default value and has a range from 30 to 1,000,000 seconds. See the
Age Time
section, in chapter 5,
Switch Management
.
♦
Under the
Source Address
heading a total of sixteen (16) addresses
will be seen; while, the Source Address list holds a total number of
8,000 entries.
♦
Under the
Port
heading a total of sixteen (16) port will be displayed
for each corresponding Source Addresses.
♦
Under the
Status
heading a total of sixteen (16) status will be
displayed for each corresponding Source Addresses. The status of the
MAC addresses reflects how the Switch got the address and should
show either: (1) Management, (2) Learned or (3) Self. The following
explain each status:
◊
Management:
This status indicates that the MAC address was
obtained through the direct entry from a network manager.
◊
Learned:
This status indicates that the MAC address was
obtained from the LAN network.