N o t e
Overview
The switch has several built-in tools for monitoring, analyzing, and trouble
shooting switch and network operation:
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Status: Includes options for displaying general switch information, man
agement address data, port status, port and trunk group statistics, MAC
addresses detected on each port or VLAN, and STP, IGMP, and VLAN data
(page B-4).
Counters: Display details of traffic volume on individual ports (page
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B-10).
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Event Log: Lists switch operating events ("Using Logging To Identify
Problem Sources" on page C-23).
Alert Log: Lists network occurrences detected by the switch—in the
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Status | Overview screen of the web browser interface (page 5-6).
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Configurable trap receivers: Uses SNMP to enable management sta
tions on your network to receive SNMP traps from the switch ("SNMP
Notification and Traps" on page 12-18).
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Port monitoring (mirroring): Copy all traffic from the specified ports
to a designated monitoring port (page B-23).
Chassis Locator LED: The blue Locator LED lights up when you enter
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the chassislocate command (
Link test and ping test—analysis tools in troubleshooting situations—are
described in chapter 18, "Troubleshooting". See page C-35.
Monitoring and Analyzing Switch Operation
Overview
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