Understanding How The Switch Topn Reports Utility Works - Cisco WS-C6506 Software Manual

Catalyst 6500 series switch

Hide thumbs Also See for WS-C6506:

Table of Contents

Using Switch TopN Reports

This chapter describes how to use the Switch TopN Reports utility on the Catalyst 6500 series switches.

For complete syntax and usage information for the commands that are used in this chapter, refer to the

Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Command Reference publication.

This chapter consists of these sections:

Understanding How the Switch TopN Reports Utility Works

These sections describe how the Switch TopN Reports utility works:

TopN Reports Overview

The Switch TopN Reports utility allows you to collect and analyze data for each physical port on a

You cannot use the Switch TopN Reports utility to generate reports on the Multilayer Switch Module

(MSM) or Multilayer Switch Feature Card (MSFC, MSFC2, MSFC2A, and MSFC3) ports.

When calculating the port utilization, the Switch TopN Reports utility bundles the Tx and Rx lines into the

same counter and also looks at the full-duplex bandwidth when calculating the percentage of utilization. For

example, a Gigabit Ethernet port would be 2000-Mbps full duplex.

Understanding How the Switch TopN Reports Utility Works, page 50-1

Running and Viewing Switch TopN Reports, page 50-3

TopN Reports Overview, page 50-1

Running Switch TopN Reports without the Background Keyword, page 50-2

Running Switch TopN Reports with the Background Keyword, page 50-2

C H A P T E R

Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Software Configuration Guide—Release 8.7

Show Quick Links

Table of Contents

Catalyst 6506 Catalyst 6509 Catalyst 6513