Viewing Module Information 2-13
The 9H42x-xx Module View
Viewing I/F Summary Information
The I/F Summary menu option available from the Device menu lets you view
statistics (displayed both graphically and numerically) for the traffic processed by
each network interface on your device. The window also provides access to a
detailed statistics window that breaks down Transmit and Receive traffic for each
interface; in addition, an Applications button in the I/F Summary window lets
you access SNMP MIB-II windows for device management.
To access the I/F Summary window:
1. From the Module View, click on the Device option from the menu bar.
2. Click again to select I/F Summary, and release. The I/F Summary window,
Figure 2-5, will appear.
Figure 2-5. I/F Summary Window
The I/F Summary window provides a variety of descriptive information about
each interface on your device, as well as a bar graph and statistics which display
each interface’s performance.
The following descriptive information is provided for each interface:
UpTime
The UpTime field lists the amount of time, in a days, hh:mm:ss format, that the
device has been running since the last start-up
Index
The index value assigned to each interface on the device.
Type
The type of the interface, distinguished by the physical/link protocol(s) running
immediately below the network layer. Possible values are sdlc (for the backplane
SMB 1 management interface), Other (for the 9H42x-xx module’s two internal