Intel 550T Switch User Manual


 
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C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch
Log files (to pinpoint trouble sources) to provide diagnostic
information for troubleshooting
Detailed system information and operational statistics
What does it do? This facility is divided into four parts:
Configuration
Allows you to change the basic configuration parameters of the
switch, reset some of the configuration as well as save and load
backups of the configuration.
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
- VLAN details
Troubleshooting shows:
- A diagnostics log
- A log of errors due to software and hardware failures
- How to overcome the limitations that exist in some manage-
ment applications (RMON)
- The option to reset all the counters being used for diagnostic
purposes
- VLAN Forced Release
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