Cabletron Systems FRM User Manual - page 289
St atus Displays
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Buffer
– will be
Allocated
if
Recording
is
Active
, or
Not Allocated
if
Recording
is
Not Active
. If
Allocated
, the percentage of buffer filled and the number of events
will also be shown.
●
LAN0/1
– identify each card/interface type, show whether or not a capture is
occurring on that interface, and identify the traffic type(s) to be monitored.
Each of the configurable parameters (items A–F) will toggle through the valid
settings when selected. Note, however, that the changes will not be displayed on
the
LAN0/1
lines above until you press
[F1]
to refresh the display.
Possible parameter settings are:
Parameter
Values
LAN Card
0, 1, Both, None
Trace IP
On, Off
Trace IPX
On, Off
Trace Bridge
On, Off
Trace Unknown
On, Off
When Full
Stop, Wrap
IP, IPX, and Bridge can be set to
On
only if the protocols are loaded on the RLP.
If
When Full
is
Stop
, the capture will stop automatically when the buffer is full.
If
When Full
is
Wrap
, the monitor will continue to capture data, overwriting data
in the buffer as necessary. (The first data in will be the first overwritten.)
The function keys work as follows:
[F1]
refreshes the screen, with any changes that were made to items A–F.
[F7]
starts a capture.
[F2]
stops the capture.
[F3]
returns to the next higher menu. A capture in progress will remain active.
[F4]
purges the buffer.