Overview
The switches have several built-in tools for monitoring, analyzing, and troubleshooting switch and network
operation:
•
Status:
Includes options for displaying general switch information, management address data, port status, port
and trunk group statistics, MAC addresses detected on each port or VLAN, and STP, IGMP, and VLAN data.
•
Counters:
Display details of traffic volume on individual ports.
•
Event Log:
Lists switch operating events (
Using the Event Log for troubleshooting switch problems
page 488 ).
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Alert Log:
Lists network occurrences detected by the switch—in the System > Logging screen of the
WebAgent.
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Configurable trap receivers:
Uses SNMP to enable management stations on your network to receive SNMP
traps from the switch.
•
Port monitoring (mirroring):
Copy all traffic from the specified ports to a designated monitoring port.
NOTE:
Link test and ping test—analysis tools in troubleshooting situations—are described in
on page 527.
Switch and network operations
The switches have several built-in tools for monitoring, analyzing, and troubleshooting switch and network
operation:
• Status
Includes options for displaying general switch information, management address data, port status, port and
trunk group statistics, MAC addresses detected on each port or VLAN, and STP, IGMP, and VLAN data.
• Counters
Display details of traffic volume on individual ports
• Event Log
Lists switch operating events. See the ProVision switch software troubleshooting guide for troubleshooting
information.
• Configurable trap receivers
Uses SNMP to enable management stations on your network to receive SNMP traps from the switch.
• Port monitoring (mirroring)
Copy all traffic from the specified ports to a designated monitoring port .
NOTE:
Link test and ping test—analysis tools in troubleshooting situations—are described in the
ProVision Switch Software Troubleshooting Guide
.
Chapter 12
Monitoring and Analyzing Switch Operation
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