Configuring and monitoring bridging
To configure and monitor bridging:
- From the Device Manager menu bar, choose VLAN > VLANs.
| The VLAN dialog box opens with the Basic tab displayed. |
- In the VLAN dialog box, select a VLAN and click Bridge.
| The Bridge, VLAN dialog box opens with the Transparent tab displayed. |
The following table describes the Transparent tab fields on the Bridge, VLAN dialog box.
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TotalLearntDiscards
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The total number of Forwarding Database entries that have been or would have been learned but have been discarded due to a lack of space in the Forwarding Database. If this counter is increasing, it indicates that the Forwarding Database is regularly becoming full (a condition that has unpleasant performance effects on the subnetwork). If this counter has a significant value but is not presently increasing, it indicates that the problem has been occurring but is not persistent.
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AgingTimeout
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The timeout period in seconds for aging out dynamically learned forwarding information.The IEEE 802.1D-1990 standard recommends a default of 300 seconds. You can assign an actual aging time up to two times the AgingTime value.
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