System Information Help

Help for System Description

Configurable Data

System Name - Enter the name you want to use to identify this switch. You may use up to 31 alpha-numeric characters. The factory default is blank.
System Location - Enter the location of this switch. You may use up to 31 alpha-numeric characters. The factory default is blank.
System Contact - Enter the contact person for this switch. You may use up to 31 alpha-numeric characters. The factory default is blank.

Non-Configurable Data

System Description - The product name of this switch.
IP Address - The IP Address assigned to the network interface.
System Object ID - The base object ID for the switch's enterprise MIB.
System Up time - The time in days, hours and minutes since the last switch reboot.
MIBs Supported - The list of MIBs supported by the management agent running on this switch.

Command Buttons

Submit - Update the switch with the values on the screen. If you want the switch to retain the new values across a power cycle you must perform a save.

Help for Inventory Information

Use this panel to display the switch's Vital Product Data, stored in non-volatile memory at the factory.

Non-Configurable Data

System Description - The product name of this switch.
Machine Type - The machine type of this switch.
Machine Model - The model within the machine type.
Serial Number - The unique box serial number for this switch.
FRU Number - The field replaceable unit number.
Part Number - The manufacturing part number.
Maintenance Level - The identification of the hardware change level.
Manufacturer - The two-octet code that identifies the manufacturer.
Base MAC Address - The burned-in universally administered MAC address of this switch.
Software Version - The release.version.maintenance number of the code currently running on the switch. For example, if the release was 1, the version was 2 and the maintenance number was 4, the format would be '1.2.4'.
Operating System - The operating system currently running on the switch.
Network Processing Device - Identifies the network processor hardware.
Additional Packages - A list of the optional software packages installed on the switch, if any. For example, FASTPATH BGP-4, or FASTPATH Multicast.

Help for ARP Cache

The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) dynamically maps physical (MAC) addresses to Internet (IP) addresses. This panel displays the current contents of the ARP cache.

For each connection, the following information is displayed:

The physical (MAC) Address
The associated IP address
The identification of the port being used for the connection

Help for Event Log

Use this panel to display the event log, which is used to hold error messages for catastrophic events. After the event is logged and the updated log is saved in FLASH memory, the switch will be reset. The log can hold at least 2,000 entries (the actual number depends on the platform and OS), and is erased when an attempt is made to add an entry after it is full. The event log is preserved across system resets.

Non-Configurable Data

Entry - The number of the entry within the event log. The most recent entry is first.
Filename - The FASTPATH source code filename identifying the code that detected the event.
Line - The line number within the source file of the code that detected the event.
Task ID - The OS-assigned ID of the task reporting the event.
Code - The event code passed to the event log handler by the code reporting the event.
Time - The time the event occurred, measured from the previous reset.

Command Buttons

Refresh - Refresh the page with the latest log entries.

Help for Forwarding Database Configuration

You use this panel to set the Address Ageing Timeout for the forwarding database.

Configurable Data

Address Ageing Timeout (seconds) - The forwarding database contains static entries, which are never aged out, and dynamically learned entries, which are removed if they are not updated within a given time. You specify that time by entering a value for the Address Ageing Timeout. You may enter any number of seconds between 10 and 1000000 .

Command Buttons

Submit - Update the switch with the values on the screen. If you want the switch to retain the new values across a power cycle you must perform a save.

Help for Forwarding Database Search

Use this panel to display information about entries in the forwarding database. These entries are used by the transparent bridging function to determine how to forward a received frame.

Configurable Data

Filter - Specify the entries you want displayed.
- Learned: If you choose "learned" only MAC addresses that have been learned will be displayed.
- All: If you choose "all" the whole table will be displayed.

MAC Address Search - You may also search for an individual MAC address. Enter the two byte hexadecimal VLAN ID followed by the six byte hexadecimal MAC address in two-digit groups separated by colons, for example 01:23:45:67:89:AB:CD:EF where 01:23 is the VLAN ID and 45:67:89:AB:CD:EF is the MAC address. Then click on the search button. If the address exists, that entry will be displayed as the first entry followed by the remaining (greater) MAC addresses. An exact match is required.

Non-Configurable Data

MAC Address - A unicast MAC address for which the switch has forwarding and/or filtering information. The format is a two byte hexadecimal VLAN ID number followed by a six byte MAC address with each byte separated by colons. For example: 01:23:45:67:89:AB:CD:EF, where 01:23 is the VLAN ID and 45:67:89:AB:CD:EF is the MAC address.
Source Port - the port where this address was learned -- i.e. the port through which the MAC address can be reached.
ifIndex - The ifIndex of the MIB interface table entry associated with the source port.
Status - The status of this entry. The possible values are:

Static: the entry was added when a static MAC filter was defined.
Learned: the entry was learned by observing the source MAC addresses of incoming traffic, and is currently in use.
Management: the system MAC address, which is identified with interface 0.1.
Self: the MAC address of one of the switch's physical interfaces.

Command Buttons

Search - Search for the specified MAC address.
Refresh - Refetch the database and display it again starting with the first entry in the table.