Setting Station Name And Location - Enterasys MicroMMAC-T User Manual

Setting Station Name and Location

The Station Name text box allows you to assign a name to your ring management
station. To set the management station name:
1. In the Network list in the upper right corner of the window, double-click on the
2. Click on the I-bar cursor in the Station Name text box; the Station Name
3. Type in the desired management station name.
4. Click on OK. The name will change in the text box, and then at the
The Station Location text box allows you to assign the management station's
physical drop identifier. The station's physical drop is an administratively
assigned numeric string that you can use to identify a station's physical location.
If assigned, the drop will appear as a subvector in certain Token Ring MAC
frames (such as a new active monitor frame, report error frames, or the report
station address frame used in the neighbor notification process); it will also be
reported in the RMON Token Ring Station Configuration window (see theUser's
Guide for details). A physical drop is a four-byte value expressed dotted decimal
notation, much like an IP address; each byte of the value can be any number from
0 to 255.
To alter the device location (physical drop identifier):
1. In the Network list in the upper right corner of the window, double-click on the
2. Click on the I-bar cursor in the Station Location text box; the Station Location
Managing the Hub
Network 1 selection.
Configuration window,
Figure 2-7. Station Name Configuration Window
MicroMMAC-T management station itself. Click on Cancel to close the
window.
Network 1 selection.
Configuration window,
Figure 2-8. Station Location Configuration Window
The MicroMMAC-T Chassis View
Figure 2-7,will appear.
Figure 2-8, will appear.
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