Viewing Status Messages; Viewing Network Statistics - Cisco 7960 Administrator's Manual

Chapter 3 Managing Cisco SIP IP Phones

Viewing Status Messages

To view status messages that you can use to diagnose network problems, complete
the following steps:
Step 1 Press the Settings key. The Settings menu is displayed.
Highlight Status.
Step 2
Step 3 Press the Select soft key. The Setting Status menu is displayed.
Highlight Status Messages.
Step 4
Step 5 Press the Select soft key. The Status Messages panel is displayed.
To exit the Status Messages panel, press the Exit soft key.
Step 6

Viewing Network Statistics

To view statistical information about the phone and network performance,
complete the following steps:
Press the settings key. The Settings menu is displayed.
Step 1
Highlight Status.
Step 2
Step 3 Press the Select soft key. The Setting Status menu is displayed.
Highlight Network Statistics.
Step 4
Step 5 Press the Select soft key. The Network Statistics panel is displayed.
The following information is displayed on this panel:
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Rcv—Number of packets received by the phone; not through the switch.
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• Xmit—Number of packets sent by the phone; not through the switch.
REr—Number of packets received by the phone that contained errors.
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• BCast—Number of broadcast packets received by the phone.
Accessing Status Information
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