7

Monitoring and Analyzing Switch Operation

Overview

You can use the switch console (and, in some cases, the web browser inter- face) to access read-only status and counter information to help you monitor, analyze, and troubleshoot switch operation.

This chapter describes the status and counters screens available through the switch console and/or the web browser interface.

N o t e

The Event Log, a diagnostic tool that is often used for troubleshooting switch

 

operation, is described in chapter 8, Troubleshooting. See “Using the Event

 

Log To Identify Problem Sources” on page 8-6.

 

Table 7-1. Available Status and Counters Information

 

Status or Counters Type

Interface

Purpose

 

 

 

General System Information

Console

Lists switch-level operating information (page 7-3).

Management Address

Console

Lists the MAC address, IP address, and IPX network number for the switch

Information

 

(page 7-4).

Port Status Overview

Browser

Shows port utilization and the Alert Log (page 3-16).

Port Status

Browser

Displays the operational status of each port (page 7-5).

 

Console

 

Port Counters

Browser

Summarizes port activity (page 7-7).

 

Console

 

Address Table

Console

Lists the MAC addresses of nodes the switch has detected on the network,

(Address Forwarding Table)

 

with the corresponding switch port (page 7-11).

Port Address Table

Console

Lists the MAC addresses that the switch has learned from the selected port

 

 

(page 7-12).

Spanning Tree Information

Console

Lists Spanning Tree data for the switch and for individual ports (page 7-14).

IP Multicast (IGMP) Status

Console

Lists IGMP groups, reports, queries, and port on which the querier is located

 

 

(page 7-16).

Switch Operation

Monitoring and Analyzing

 

 

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