Switched Port Analyzer Menu; Crosslink; Figure 26. Setting Up Crosslinks - Cabletron Systems SmartSTACK STS16-20RM Installation And User Manual

Switched Port Analyzer Menu

The Switched Port Analyzer screen is accessed from the Configuration menu.
This screen and its submenus are presented in Chapter 9, "Monitoring Port Traffic".

CrossLink

A CrossLink connection is used to improve interswitch bandwidth. A CrossLink is
used to connect two switches from the STS16-20RM series with two to eight links.
A CrossLink provides bandwidth of from 32 to 128 Mbps in half-duplex mode, or
from 64 to 256 Mbps in full-duplex mode.
Figure 26.
The CrossLink feature affects other switch features in the following ways:
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Half-duplex and full-duplex. A single CrossLink can include a combination of
half-duplex and full-duplex connections—for example, a CrossLink
containing three ports can have two full-duplex and one half-duplex
connections. However, each pair of interconnected ports must both be either
half-duplex or full-duplex.
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Statistics reporting. Statistics for the CrossLink are displayed for individual
ports, not for the CrossLink as a whole. Station addresses are distributed
among the ports in the CrossLink. See Chapter 7, "Monitoring the Network
from the Console Statistics Menu".
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Address filtering. Address filters are automatically added to every port in a
CrossLink.
Switch Configuration
Setting up CrossLinks
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