Clear Device Counters

You can clear counters for Extreme 9920, MLX, and SLX devices.

About this task

Counters track the number of times a certain event or process occurs. Counters increase over time and you can delete them as needed. For all devices, you can clear all counters of a selected type. For some devices, you can also clear specific counters of a selected type.

Table 1. Support for clearing counters
9920 SLX MLX
Clear all counters
  • Interface
  • Match
  • Egress group
  • Ingress group
  • Egress
  • Ingress policy
  • Egress policy
  • Transport tunnel
  • Tunnel encapsulation
  • Interface
  • Match
  • Interface
  • Match
Clear specific counters
  • Interface
  • Match
  • Egress group
  • Ingress group
  • Egress
  • Ingress policy
  • Egress policy
  • Transport tunnel
  • Tunnel encapsulation
  • Interface
  • Match
  • Interface

Procedure

  1. In the Navigation menu, select Configure.
  2. In the Devices panel, right-click a device and select Clear Counters.
  3. To clear all counters of one type, select the check box for that type.
  4. To clear specific counters of one type, expand the type and select the check boxes for the counters.
  5. Save () your selections.
    Reports in the dashboards are updated to reflect your selections.