Q-Logic 8C/16 Displaying Transceiver Media Status, Transceiver Media View, Media Icon Description

5 – Managing Ports Displaying Port Information

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5.1.1.4

Displaying Transceiver Media Status

To display transceiver media status, open the View menu and select View Port Media. Table 5-2lists the possible media states and their meanings.

Table 5-4. Transceiver Media View

Media Icon Description

Optical SFP, Online (Green)

	Optical SFP, Offline (Gray)
None	Empty port, no transceiver installed

5.1.2

Port Statistics Data Window

The Port Statistics data window displays statistics about port performance. To open the Port Statistics window, select one or more ports in the faceplate display and choose the Port Stats tab below the data window. Table 5-5describes the Port Statistics data window entries.

The Statistics pull-down menu is available on the Port Statistics data window, and provides different ways to view detailed port information. Choose the down arrow to open the pull-down menu. Open the pull-down menu and select Absolute to view the total count of statistics since the last switch reset. Select Rate to view the number of statistics counted per second over the polling period. Select Baseline to view the total count of statistics since the last time the baseline was set. When viewing baseline statistics, choose the Clear Baseline button to set the current baseline.

	Table 5-5. Port Statistics Data Window Entries
Entry		Description
Start Time		The beginning of the period over which the statistics apply. The
		start time for the Absolute view is not applicable. The start time
		for the Rate view is the beginning of polling interval. The start
		time for the Baseline view is the last time the baseline was set.
End Time		The last time the statistics were updated on the display.
Total Time		Total time period from start time to end time.
Login Count		Number of device logins that have occurred on the switch.

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