5 – Managing Ports

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Displaying Port Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.1.1.4

Displaying Transceiver Media Status

To display transceiver media status, open the View menu and select View Port Media. Table 5-4lists the port media states and their meanings.

Table 5-4. Transceiver Media View

Media Icon

Description

Optical SFP (Green), logged-in, active, and ready to send data.

Optical SFP (Gray), not logged-in, active, can receive signal, but cannot accept a device login

Copper SFP, Offline (Gray)

Copper SFP, Online (Green)

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 click 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. Click 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 or port 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, click the Clear Baseline button to set the current baseline. The baseline will also be set when the switch status changes from unreachable to reachable.

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