Viewing Device Information 2-19The Device View
The port status boxes will display the percentage for each active port that represents what
portion of that port’s total traffic is of the specific type (Errors or Frame Sizes) that you
selected. Select one of the Errors options to see what percentage of the total packets
received by each active port during the last polling interval was of the error type you
selected. This percentage reflects the number of errors generated by devices connected to
that port in relation to the total number of packets processed by the port (errors [errors +
packets]). Choose the Frame Size option to check on the sizes, in bytes, of frames passing
through your ports. The percentages are calculated just like the Errors selection described
above: the number given represents the number of packets of the selected size generated
by devices connected to that port in relation to the total number of packets processed.
Remember, these percentages are calculated based on the numbers of packets processed
during one polling cycle.
Port Status Color Codes
Three of the Port Status display options — Bridge, Admin, and Operator — incorporate
their own color coding schemes: for the Bridge option, green= FWD, blue = DIS,
magenta = LIS or LRN, orange = BLK, and red = BRK; for Admin and Operator, green =
ON, red = OFF, and blue = N/A (not available).
For all other Port Status selections — Bridge Mapping, Load, Errors,
I/F Mapping, I/F Speed, and I/F Type — color codes will continue to reflect the most
recently selected mode which incorporates its own color coding scheme.
For a SmartSwitch 6000 or Matrix E7 Ethernet MicroLAN module, three of the port status
display options — Port Assignment, Port Type, and Status — incorporate their own color
coding schemes. For any of the Status display options — Admin/Link, Admin, or Link —
green= ON/LNK, yellow = SEG/NLK, red = OFF, and blue = N/A (not available). For the
Port Assignment display option, Channel A = magenta, Channel B = olive, Channel C =
cyan, Channel D = yellow, Channel E = orange, Channel F = white, Channel G = green,
Channel H = hot pink. For the Port Type display option, station ports will display as
yellow; trunk ports will display as green.
For all other MicroLAN Port Status selections — Load, Errors, and Frame Size — color
codes will continue to reflect the most recently selected mode which incorporates its own
color coding scheme.