Statistics Menu

Introduction

You can view switch performance statistics in the user, operator, and administrator command modes. This chapter discusses how to use the CLI to display switch statistics.

Menu information

Command: /stats

[Statistics Menu]

 

port

- Port Stats Menu

clrports

– Clear stats for all ports

l2

- Layer 2

Stats Menu

l3

- Layer 3

Stats Menu

mp

- MP-specific Stats Menu

ntp

- Show NTP stats

dump

- Dump all stats

 

 

 

The following table describes the Statistics Menu options.

Table 34 Statistics Menu options

Command

Usage

port <port number>

Displays the Port Statistics Menu for the specified port. Use this command to display

 

traffic statistics on a port-by-port basis. Traffic statistics are included in SNMP

 

Management Information Base (MIB) objects.

clrports

Clears the statistics for all ports.

l2

Displays the Layer 2 Statistics Menu.

l3

Displays the Layer 3 Statistics Menu.

mp

Displays the Management Processor Statistics Menu. Use this command to view

 

information on how switch management processes and resources are currently being

 

allocated.

ntp <clear>

Displays Network Time Protocol (NTP) Statistics.

 

Add the argument, clear, to clear NTP statistics

dump

Dumps all switch statistics. Use this command to gather data for tuning and debugging

 

switch performance. If you want to capture dump data to a file, set your communication

 

software on your workstation to capture session data prior to issuing the dump

 

command.

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