The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View2-8Viewing Chassis Information• The Physical view provides a graphic representation of the front panel of yourSmartSwitch 2000 device, showing how its ports are arranged and whatconnector types are present. See The Chassis Physical View, on page 2-16.The Port Status MenuThe Port Status menu allows you to select the status information that will bedisplayed in the port text boxes in the Chassis View window:• Status allows you to select one of four status type displays: Bridge, BridgeMapping, Admin, or Operator.• Load will display the portion of network load processed per polling intervalby each interface, expressed as a percentage of its theoretical maximum load(10, 100, 155.5, or 1000 Mbps).• Errors allows you to display the number of errors detected per polling intervalby each interface, expressed as a percentage of the total number of validpackets processed by the interface.• I/F Mapping will display the interface (if) index associated with each port onyour SmartSwitch 2000 device.• I/F Speed will display the port’s bandwidth: 10M (megabits) for Ethernet;100M for Fast Ethernet; 155.5M for ATM; and 1G for Gigabit Ethernet.• I/F Type will display the port type of each port on your SmartSwitch 2000,e.g., Eth (ethernet-csmacd), ATM, or FDDI.• VLAN Mapping will appear if your device has been configured to operate in802.1Q mode. It displays the VLAN ID number associated with each port onyour SmartSwitch 2000.For Ethernet MicroLAN Switches, the Port Status menu will contain the followingoptions:• Load will display the portion of network load processed by each port as apercentage of the theoretical maximum load of the connected networksegment (10, 100, 155.5, or 1000 Mbps).• Port Assignment will display each port’s repeater channel assignment (A-H).• Status allows you to select one of three status type displays: Admin/Link,Admin, or Link.• Errors, and Frame Size allow you to display the percentage per port of thespecific Error or Frame Size you select.For more information on the port display options available via this menu, see PortStatus Displays, on page 2-11.The Repeater MenuIf you are modeling an Ethernet MicroLAN Switch, the Repeater menu willappear, offering the following options for each repeater segment (A-H) on thedevice:
