HP J3178A manual Example of Port Counters

Monitoring Switch Operation From the Console

Status and Counters Menu

Port Counters

Figure 5-4. Example of Port Counters

This screen enables you to determine the traffic patterns for each port. Port Counter features include:

■Dynamic display of counters summarizing the traffic on each port since the last reboot or reset

■Option to reset the counters to zero (for the current console session). This is useful for troubleshooting. Refer to the Note, below.

■An option to display the link status, and further port activity details for a specific port ( Show details ). When you select the Show details action, you are prompted to select the switch port. A sample detailed port counters screen is shown in figure 5-5.

N o t e	The Reset action on this screen and the Show Details screen resets the
	counter display to zero for the current session, but does not affect the
	cumulative values in the actual hardware counters. (In compliance with the
	SNMP standard, the values in the hardware counters are not reset to zero
	unless you reboot or reset the switch.) Thus, using the Reset action resets
	the displayed counters to zero for the current session only. Exiting from the
	console session and starting a new session restores the counter displays to
	the accumulated values in the hardware counters.

Operation From	Monitoring
the Console	Switch

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