Command Line Interface 46
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.
