Monitor Switches

The Monitor Overview tab is the default display that provides information about the overall health of the device. The page starts with the topology overview graphic at the top, followed by the device overall health timeline graph. By default, the timeline displays data for the last 24 hours. You can configure the time range for Day, Week, or Month, and for 1, 2, 4, 8, and 24 hour durations. This page also displays near real-time information for CPU, Memory, and Temperature displayed in widgets.

Choose Day from the Time Range drop-down to see the event data in the timeline on an hourly basis.
Choose Week or Month to see the data on a daily basis. You can also drag either side of the timeline to change it.
Select = at the bottom right of this timeline to print it or to download it in a variety of file formats.

Hover the cursor over the different icons to display:

CPU Usage
Memory
MAC Table Utilization
Last Seen (uptime)
Temperature
Power Supply Status
Fan Status

In the port graphic section, select an individual port to display its details. Under Actions, select the Bounce Port button to reset the port.

Port status is indicated as follows:

Green = Connected
Grey = Disconnected
Red = Disconnected by Admin

Use Run Cable Test to test the physical cables connected to Switch Engine switch stack ports. See Use Cabletest for Switch Engine Device Duplex or Speed Issues.

A table of port details and Storm Control parameters follows the port graphic section, followed by the Active Alarms overview graphic.

To view the Storm Control parameters, select the Storm Control column from the column picker .

Use the remaining Monitor tabs to view the following:

Interfaces: Provides details of the VLAN and IPv4 interfaces. See Interfaces.
Client: Provides details of the clients connected to the device. See Clients.
Diagnostics: Displays details of the port diagnostics. See Diagnostics.
Events: Provides details of the events that occur in the network for the selected device. See Events.
Alarms: Provides details of alarms that can indicate network issues for a specific device which require Admin interaction. See Alarms.