Viewing The Filtering Database - Cabletron Systems 7C03 User Manual

Using the 7C0x SmartSwitch Bridge View

Viewing the Filtering Database

To open the Filtering Database window:
1. Display the Device menu by clicking on the Front Panel
2. Drag down to Filtering Database, and release.
3. At the top of the Filtering Database window, click mouse button 1 on the
Two fields at the top of the Filtering Database window provide information about
the Filtering Database:
Ageing Time (secs)
The current setting of the bridge's Dynamic Ageing Timer, used to purge
Forwarding entries from the Filtering Database, or to purge static entries subject
to the ageing timer.
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appropriate selection box to view either the Forwarding or Static database.
Figure 6-7. Filtering Database Window
button.
Click mouse button 1 on
the type of entry you want
to display, either
Forwarding or Static.
The Filtering Database Window