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C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch
Monitoring the
performance of a port
To monitor the performance of a specific port:
1 Right-click the port.
2 Select Port Details>Performance.
This table shows the total number of frames and bytes, utiliza-
tion of the ports and the number of packets transmitted and
received.
3 To change the display from numerical to graphical, click one or
more of the numbers and select
Tools>Graph.
4 Select Options>Reset Counters to set all these counters
to zero.
Monitoring the faults on a
port
To monitor the faults on a specific port:
1 Right-click the port.
2 Select Port Details>Faults.
This table shows the total number errors, discards and observa-
tions transmitted and received.
3 To change the display from numerical to graphical, click one or
more of the numbers and select
Tools>Graph.
4 Select Options>Reset Counters to set all these counters
to zero.
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