Port States; Failover Configuration; Filtering Database - GE MiCOM P40 Agile Technical Manual

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PORT STATES

This is used to see which ports of the board are enabled or disabled.
1. From the main window, click the device address to select the device. The RSTP Configuration window
appears.
2. Select the Port States tab then click the Get Port States button. This lists the ports of the Ethernet board. A
tick shows they are enabled.
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FAILOVER CONFIGURATION

To view or configure the Failover Parameters:
Click the Failover Configuration button. The Failover Configuration screen appears.
1. To view the available parameters in the board that is connected, click the Get Failover Parameters button.
2. To change the parameters, click the Set Failover Parameters button and modify their values.
If you need to restore the default values of the parameters, click the Restore Defaults button. The configurable
parameters are as follows:
● Port A and Port B select your main port for the Failover (Port A is the port at the top of your REB).
The Failover time defines how long it takes for the redundancy switch over to trigger. The minimum value is
●
2s.
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FILTERING DATABASE

The Filtering Database is used to determine how frames are forwarded or filtered across the on-board Ethernet
switch. Filtering information specifies the set of ports to which frames received from a specific port are forwarded.
The Ethernet switch examines each received frame to see if the frame's destination address matches a source
address listed in the Filtering Database. If there is a match, the device uses the filtering/forwarding information for
that source address to determine how to forward or filter the frame. Otherwise the frame is forwarded to all the
ports in the Ethernet switch (broadcast).
General tab
The Filtering Database contains two types of entry; static and dynamic. The Static Entries are the source addresses
entered by an administrator. The Dynamic Entries are the source addresses learnt by the switch process. The
Dynamic Entries are removed from the Filtering Database after the Ageing Time. The Database holds a maximum
of 1024 entries.
1. To access the forwarding database functions, if required, click the Filtering Database button in the main
window.
2. To view the Forwarding Database Size, Number of Static Entries and Number of Dynamic Entries, click Read
Database Info.
3. To set the Aging Time, enter the number of seconds in the text box and click the Set button.
Filtering Entries tab
The Filtering Database configuration pages are used to view, add or delete entries from the Filtering Database. This
feature is available only for the administrator. This Filtering Database is mainly used during the testing to verify the
PRP/HSR functionality. To add an entry in the forwarding database, click the Filtering Entries tab. Configure as
follows:
1. Select the Port Number and MAC Address
2. Set the Entry type (Dynamic or Static)
3. Set the cast type (Unicast or Multicast)
4. Set theMGMT and Rate Limit
5. Click the Create button. The new entry appears in the forwarding database.
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