Viewing Switch Port Information - Brocade Communications Systems RFS6000 System Reference Manual

6. Refer to the Errors field for read-only packet error and loss information for associated Access
Average Number of
Retries
% Gave Up Pkts
% Non-decryptable
Pkts

Viewing Switch Port Information

The Port screen displays configuration, runtime status, and statistics of the ports on the switch.
NOTE
The ports available vary by switch platform.
Brocade Mobility RFS6000: ge1, ge2, ge3, ge4, ge5, ge6, ge7, ge8, me1, up1
Brocade Mobility RFS7000: ge1, ge2, ge3, ge4, me1
Brocade Mobility RFS4000: ge1, ge2, ge3, ge4, ge5, up1
The port types are defined as follows:
GE#
ME#
UP#
The Port screen contains three tabs supporting the following port assessment activities:
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Displays the average number of retries for all Clients associated with the switch. The number
in black represents average retries for the last 30 seconds and the number in blue
represents average retries for the last hour.
If the Average Number of Retries starts increasing, this indicates that Clients are not getting
a good link back to the AP.
Displays the percentage of packets which the switch gave up on for all Clients associated
with the switch. The number in black represents this statistic for the last 30 seconds and the
number in blue represents this statistic for the last hour.
If this field displays a non-zero number it indicates bad links causing packets to the Clients.
Displays the percentage of undecryptable packets for all Clients associated with the switch.
The number in black represents undecryptable pkts for the last 30 seconds and the number
in blue represents undecryptable pkts for the last hour.
If this field displays a non-zero number it can indicate outside intrusion into the network or
an client using incorrect cryptography such as a a misconfigured static key.
GE ports are available on the Brocade Mobility RFS6000 and Brocade Mobility RFS7000 platforms. GE ports
on the Brocade Mobility RFS4000 and Brocade Mobility RFS6000 are RJ-45 which support
10/100/1000Mbps. GE ports on the Brocade Mobility RFS7000 can be RJ-45 or fiber ports which support
10/100/1000Mbps.
ME ports are available on the Brocade Mobility RFS6000 and Brocade Mobility RFS7000 platforms. ME ports
are out-of-band management ports which can be used to manage the switch via CLI or Web UI even when the
other ports on the switch are unreachable.
An UP port is available on the Brocade Mobility RFS4000 and Brocade Mobility RFS6000 platform only. This
port is used to connect the switch to the backbone network. The UP port on the switch supports either RJ-45
or fiber. The UP port is the preferred way to connect to the backbone as it has a non-blocking 1gbps
connection unlike the ge ports.
Viewing the Port Configuration
Viewing the Ports Runtime Status
Reviewing Port Statistics
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