Verilink WANsuite 7205 (34-00317.B) Product Manual - Manual (Page 114)

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Figure 3.76 HDLC Monitor 30 Day History Screen
The HDLC Monitor 24 Hour History and 30 Day History screens show the
following statistics for the specified period.
Period Period for which the DS0 monitor history is displayed.
Timestamp System-up time value during which the utilization historical period was
completed.
Rx % Utilization of bps Status parameter that indicates the percent (
−
1, 0
−
100) of Rx HDLC
bandwidth used during the specified period. A
−
1 indicates an invalid value or
unavailable data.
Rx High Utilization
Seconds
Number of seconds (0
−
900) greater than or equal to the high utilization
parameter specified for the period in the utilization alarm table.
Tx % Utilization of bps Percent of Tx HDLC bandwidth used during the specified period.
Tx High Utilization
Seconds
Number of seconds (0
−
900) greater than or equal to the high utilization
parameter specified for the period in the utilization alarm table.
Two user-activated buttons, “Clear History” and “Refresh,” are also included
on the 24 Hour and 30 Day History screens.
Bridge
A Bridge operates at the physical network layer, connecting two or more
networks and forwarding packets between those networks. For example, a
Bridge will connect two or more physical Ethernet cable segments and
forward Ethernet packets from one segment to the other.
Bridges differ from routers in that bridges forward packets based on physical
addresses rather than on the IP Addresses that routers use to forward packets.
Bridges will not “blindly” forward packets from one network to others,
however. Rather, it learns all local physical addresses and forwards packets
based on those learned “tables.” This greatly reduces the number of
broadcasted packets, thus saving valuable bandwidth.
The Bridge Details screen shown in Figure 3.77 lets you access and configure
the parameters described below.