Switched Port Analyzer Menu; Crosslink; Figure 22. Setting Up Crosslinks - Olicom CrossFire 8600 Manual To Operations

Switched Port Analyzer Menu

The S witched 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 CrossFire 8600 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.
STACK-LINK
TX RX ATTACH
MANAGEMENT PWR DIAG ERR RST
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Figure 22.
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
with the Console".
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Address filtering. Address filters are automatically added to every port in a
CrossLink.
CrossFire 8600/8605 Token-Ring Switches v. 1.2, P/N: 710001641
STACK-LINK
OK
ERR
1 2
TX RX ATTACH
MANAGEMENT PWR DIAG ERR RST
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1 2 3 4
CrossFire
OK TX RX INS TX
ERR ACT
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Setting up CrossLinks
CrossFire
OK TX RX INS TX RX
ERR ACT
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3 4 2
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STACK-LINK
TX RX ATTACH
MANAGEMENT PWR DIAG ERR RST
5
1 2 3 4
TOKEN-RING SWITCH OC-8600
RX INS TX RX INS TX RX INS
ACT ACT ACT
2 3 4
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TOKEN-RING SWITCH OC-8600
INS TX RX INS TX RX INS
ACT ACT ACT
3 4
17 18 20
19
OK
ERR
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Switch Configuration
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CrossFire
TOKEN-R
TX RX INS TX RX INS TX RX INS
ACT ACT AC
1
2 3
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