4: Monitoring And Analyzing Switch Operation From The Console; Overview - HP J3245A Installation And Configuration Manual

Monitoring and Analyzing Switch Operation
from the Console

Overview

The Main Menu in the switch's console interface gives you access to the
following sources of read-only data for helping you to monitor, analyze, and
troubleshoot switch operation:
Table 4-1.
Main Menu
Item
Status and
Counters
Menus
Event Log
Read-Only Monitoring and Analyzing Features
Data Type
Switch Information
Port Status
Port Counters
Address (forwarding) Table Lists the MAC addresses of nodes the switch has
Port Address Table
Spanning Tree Information Lists Spanning Tree data for the switch and for
IP Multicast (IGMP) Status Lists IGMP groups, report, query, and type of
Automatic Broadcast
Control (ABC) Information
Purpose
Lists switch-level operating information.
Displays the operational status of each port.
Summarizes port activity.
detected on the network, along with the
corresponding switch port.
Lists the MAC addresses that the switch has
learned from the selected port.
individual ports. If VLANs are configured, reports
on a per-VLAN basis.
device access on ports. If VLANs are configured,
reports on a per-VLAN basis.
If VLANs are configured, reports on a per-VLAN
basis.
Lists event messages generated by the switch.
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