Monitoring Switch Operation From the Console

Status and Counters Menu

Switch Information

Figure 5-2. Example of Switch Information

This screen tells you the following information about the switch and the Switch Management Module:

the version of the OS (operating system) code

the version of the ROM (read-only memory) code

the MAC address of the Switch Management Module

the identity of the expansion module, if one is installed in the Expansion Slot in the back of the switch:

None indicates that no module is installed

Router/Rem Access indicates that a router module (for example, the HP J3138A Internet Router Module), or a remote access module (for example, the HP J3230A LanRover/10A by Shiva) is installed.

a dynamic indication of how individual switch resources are being used

Operation From

Monitoring

the Console

Switch

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HP J3178A manual Example of Switch Information