Nortel 4500 Series Overview-System Configuration page 243

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Forwarding tab
The Forwarding tab displays the current state of the port, as defined by
application of the Spanning Tree Protocol.
To view the Forwarding tab, perform the following procedure.
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"Bridge screen -- Transparent tab fields" (page 243)
fields on this tab.
Bridge screen -- Transparent tab fields
Field
LearnedEntryDiscards
AgingTime
If the AgingTime field is modified, click Apply.
"Base tab" (page 241)
"Forwarding tab" (page 243)
Action
Open the Bridge screen by selecting Edit > Bridge.
The Bridge screen appears.
Select the Forwarding tab, as illustrated in
Forwarding tab" (page
Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 Series
Overview — System Configuration
NN47205-500 02.01 Standard
5.0 23 February 2007
General Switch Administration using the JDM 243
Description
Number of Forwarding Database entries
learned discarded due to insufficient
space in the Forwarding Database. If
this counter increases, it indicates that
the Forwarding Database is becoming
full regularly. This condition affects the
performance of the subnetwork. If the
counter has a significant value and is
not presently increasing, it indicates
that the problem has occurred but is not
persistent.
Time-out period in seconds for removing
old dynamically learned forwarding
information.
Note: The 802.1D-1990 specification
recommends a default of 300 seconds.
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