Monitoring Switch Operation From the Console

Status and Counters Menu

Port Counters

Figure 5-4. Example of Port Counters

This screen enables you to determine the traffic patterns for each port. Port Counter features include:

Dynamic display of counters summarizing the traffic on each port since the last reboot or reset

Option to reset the counters to zero (for the current console session). This is useful for troubleshooting. Refer to the Note, below.

An option to display the link status, and further port activity details for a specific port ( Show details ). When you select the Show details action, you are prompted to select the switch port. A sample detailed port counters screen is shown in figure 5-5.

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The Reset action on this screen and the Show Details screen resets the

 

counter display to zero for the current session, but does not affect the

 

cumulative values in the actual hardware counters. (In compliance with the

 

SNMP standard, the values in the hardware counters are not reset to zero

 

unless you reboot or reset the switch.) Thus, using the Reset action resets

 

the displayed counters to zero for the current session only. Exiting from the

 

console session and starting a new session restores the counter displays to

 

the accumulated values in the hardware counters.

 

 

Operation From

Monitoring

the Console

Switch

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HP J3178A manual Example of Port Counters