Enabling And Disabling Ports; Enabling And Disabling A Transparent Bridge Port - Cabletron Systems CSX200 User Manual

CSX Bridge View
You can change values for the following polling interval Þelds:
Device Info
SpeciÞes the time, in seconds, that SPMA waits before updating the Front Panel
information (Uptime, Location, and so forth) in the Bridge TrafÞc View.
Bridge Port Display Info
SpeciÞes the time, in seconds, that SPMA waits before updating statistical and
status information in the Bridge TrafÞc View port display entries.

Enabling and Disabling Ports

When you disable a bridge port, you disconnect that portÕs network from the
bridge entirely. Nodes connected to the network can still communicate with each
other, but they canÕt communicate with the bridge and other networks connected
to the bridge.
In Transparent bridges, the disabled port does not forward any packets, nor does
it participate in Spanning Tree operations. When you enable a port on a
Transparent bridge, the port moves from the Disabled state through the Blocking,
Learning, and Listening states to the Forwarding state.

Enabling and Disabling a Transparent Bridge Port

To enable or disable a Transparent bridge port:
1. In the Bridge Traffic View, select a bridge port by clicking mouse button 1on
2. Click button 3 on the Port Menu button to display the Bridge Port menu.
3. In the Port menu, click button 3 on Enable or Disable, drag right to
When you disable a Transparent bridge port, the portÕs display entry turns blue.
When you enable a Transparent bridge port, the portÕs color changes to indicate
the forwarding threshold range. (Port color codes are only active if the Color box
is selected in the Forwarding Thresholds window. Color codes are on by default.)
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the entry for it. Select the port that connects to the network that you want to
enable or disable.
Transparent, and release.
Enabling and Disabling Ports