Monitoring And Analyzing Switch Operation; Overview - HP ProCurve Switch 212M Management And Configuration Manual

Monitoring and Analyzing Switch Operation

Overview

You can use the switch console (and, in some cases, the web browser inter-
face) to access read-only status and counter information to help you monitor,
analyze, and troubleshoot switch operation.
This chapter describes the status and counters screens available through the
switch console and/or the web browser interface.
N o t e
The Event Log, a diagnostic tool that is often used for troubleshooting switch
operation, is described in chapter 8, Troubleshooting. See "Using the Event
Log To Identify Problem Sources" on page 8-6.
Table 7-1.
Status or Counters Type
General System Information Console
Management Address
Information
Port Status Overview
Port Status
Port Counters
Address Table
(Address Forwarding Table)
Port Address Table
Spanning Tree Information
IP Multicast (IGMP) Status
Available Status and Counters Information
Interface Purpose
Lists switch-level operating information (page 7-3).
Console Lists the MAC address, IP address, and IPX network number for the switch
(page 7-4).
Browser Shows port utilization and the Alert Log (page 3-16).
Browser Displays the operational status of each port (page 7-5).
Console
Browser Summarizes port activity (page 7-7).
Console
Console Lists the MAC addresses of nodes the switch has detected on the network,
with the corresponding switch port (page 7-11).
Console Lists the MAC addresses that the switch has learned from the selected port
(page 7-12).
Console Lists Spanning Tree data for the switch and for individual ports (page 7-14).
Console Lists IGMP groups, reports, queries, and port on which the querier is located
(page 7-16).
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