Managing Bridges

Configuring the Transparent Bridge

The Bridging General window allows you to configure the Spanning Tree Protocol, including setting values for the bridge priority, rate limiting rate, and forward delay rate.  You can also enable IPX translation trough the Bridging General window.

Displaying Bridge Port Settings

The Bridge Interface Configuration window allows you to display information for each interface including the port number, associated interface type, MAC address and so forth.  This window also provides access to the Bridge Interface - Add/Modify window that allows you to modify the settings for a particular port.

Modifying the Transparent Bridge Configuration

The Bridge Interface - Add/Modify window allows you to change bridge interface parameters including the port number, associated interface, path cost and priority values, and to enable or disable the Spanning Tree Protocol, manual mode, and the port itself.

Displaying Bridging Information for VSDs

The Bridging by VSD window allows you to display the currently configured VLAN Secure Domains (VSD), and to click on the Details button to get more information about a VSD.

Displaying Bridge Information by VSD

The Bridge Information by VSD window allows you to view bridging information for a VLAN Secure Domain, including: VSD Bridge Parameters such as the VSD ID, root, name, root cost, as well as the per port parameters such as port number, address, state, destination root, and so forth.

Displaying Information about Configured Address Filters

The Address Filter window allows you to display the following information: the MAC address, allowed ports, address type, duplicate address, and multicast rate limit.

Configuring Permanent Address Filters

The Address Filter - Add/Modify window allows you to change settings address filters including the MAC address, address type, and allowed ports, and to enable multicast rate limiting.

Displaying User-Defined and Default Protocol Filters

The Protocol Filters window allows you to display information about user-defined and default protocol filters, including: the protocol type, allowed ports, the state of multicast rate limiting, and the list of ports on which frames are to be received or forwarded.

Adding and Modifying Protocol Filters

The Protocol Filters Add/Modify window allows you to display information about currently configured protocol filters, and to change settings for the protocol type, the ports on which a protocol is allowed, and to enable or disable protocol rate limiting.

Displaying Hex Values for Ethernet, SNAP, and SAP Protocols

The Hex Values for Ethernet, SNAP, and SAP Protocols window displays allows you to display a table of common Ethernet, SNAP, and DSAP protocols. You use this information when specifying protocol filters.

Displaying Information about MAC Addresses

The Bridging Database window allows you to display information information about permanent, registered, reserved, and static addresses in the bridging database. 

Displaying the Configured VSDs

The VSD Configuration window allows you to display the currently configured VSDs, to access a window that allows you to modify a specific VSD, and to delete a VSD.

Adding or Modifying a VSD

The VSD Add/Modify window allows you to create or modify a VSd by specifying the VSD number and name, the VNbus Tag, and the ports you want to assign to the VSD.

Displaying the Routing Interfaces for VSDs

This Routing with VSDs window allows you to display the configured VSDs and the routing interface associated with each VSD.

Modifying VSD Routing Interfaces

This window displays the routing interface (VLAN interface) currently associated with a VSD. You can use this window to change the routing interface associated with the VSD.