Monitoring and Analyzing Switch Operation

Status and Counters Data

Status and Counters Data

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

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You can access all console screens from the web browser interface via Telnet

 

 

to the console. Telnet access to the switch is available in the Device View

 

 

window under the Configuration tab.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Status or Counters Type

Interface

Purpose

Page

 

 

 

Menu Access to Status and Menu

Access menu interface for status and counter data.

B-5

Counters

 

 

 

General System

Menu, CLI

Lists switch-level operating information.

B-6

Information

 

 

 

Management Address

Menu, CLI

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

B-8

Information

 

each VLAN or, if no VLANs are configured, for the switch.

 

Port Status

Menu, CLI,

Displays the operational status of each port.

B-10

 

 

Web

 

 

Port and Trunk Statistics

Menu, CLI,

Summarizes port activity and lists per-port flow control status.

B-11

and Flow Control Status

Web

 

 

VLAN Address Table

Menu, CLI

Lists the MAC addresses of nodes the switch has detected on

B-14

 

 

 

specific VLANs, with the corresponding switch port.

 

Port Address Table

Menu, CLI

Lists the MAC addresses that the switch has learned from the

B-14

 

 

 

selected port.

 

STP Information

Menu, CLI

Lists Spanning Tree Protocol data for the switch and for individual

B-18

 

 

 

ports. If VLANs are configured, reports on a per-VLAN basis.

 

IGMP Status

Menu, CLI

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

B-19

 

 

 

located.

 

VLAN Information

Menu, CLI

For each VLAN configured in the switch, lists 802.1Q VLAN ID and

B-20

 

 

 

up/down status.

 

Port Status Overview and

Web

Shows port utilization and counters, and the Alert Log.

B-22

Port Counters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B-4