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Management using Intel Device View
Managing the Switch
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What does it do?
The switch’s ASICs (Application-Specific Integrated Circuits) and
support for RMON provide complete management without compro-
mising the switch’s performance.
The management facility is divided into four parts:
■
Configuration
Allows you to change the basic configuration parameters of the
switch.
■
Monitoring shows:
- A hardware and software overview
- Details on messages from the system log
- Normal traffic throughput
- Number of errors, discards, observations and collisions for the
switch
- An overview of port specific errors, discards, observations
and collisions
- Spanning Tree Protocol for the switch bridge and specific
ports
- MAC addresses on specific ports, and which ports have no
MAC addresses
■
Diagnostics shows:
- A log of errors due to software and hardware failures
- How to overcome the limitations which exist in some man-
agement applications (RMON)
- The option to reset all the counters being used for diagnostic
purposes
■
Software Update lets you:
- Load new software to the switch
- Reset the switch if necessary
- Monitor the software status