11 Health Statistics; The Health Statistics Management Menu - Alcatel Omni Switch/Router User Manual

The health statistics feature monitors the consumable resources of a switch, and provides a
single integrated source for Network Management Software (
obtaining statistics on switch performance. With the health statistics, the user can set specific
threshold levels for consumable resources in the switch. Such resources include bandwidth
capacity, and
CAM
is exceeded, a notification is sent to the
The health statistics software monitors the resource utilization levels and thresholds of a
switch, and at fixed intervals collects the current values for each resource being monitored.
After obtaining the statistics, the health statistics software checks to see if any rising or falling
threshold crossings occurred since its last poll by comparing the current poll data with the
previous poll data. If a threshold crossing has occurred, a trap is sent to NMS (such as X-
Vision), allowing the system administrator to pinpoint possible performance issues.
Through the (user interface), threshold levels can be set, the sampling interval can be
UI
changed, and statistics (for a switch, module, or port) can be viewed or cleared.

The Health Statistics Management Menu

To access the Health menu, log on to a switch via a Telnet or console session, and type the
following command:
If the session is in terse mode, you will need to type
mode, the following screen is displayed:
The command allows you to set global thresholds for the switch. The
commands allow you to view the statistics on a switch, module, or port level, respec-
tively. The command resets the statistics for this switch.

11 Health Statistics

usage, and memory usage. If a threshold for a particular resource
CPU RAM
NMS
♦ Important ♦
You must configure your
monitored switch. X-Vision allows you to set which
network management stations receive traps. For more
information, see the X-Vision online help.
), such as X-Vision, to use in
NMS
via an trap.
SNMP
to accept traps from the
NMS
to see the menu. If you are in verbose
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