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All the switches in your network are automatically discovered by Web NMS and they are displayed in a default map called Switches. The details of discovered switches are also displayed in the Network Database view. For more information, refer to Traversing Network Database.
When you open the Application Client, IPnet map is displayed, by default.
To view Switches map
Log on to Application Client.
Click the Switches map node on the tree. This node is available on the tree only if at least one switch is discovered in your network.
The Switches map is opened on the display panel. This map displays all the discovered switches as well as ports in them. You can manage the switch and the ports individually.
To view switch status
Select a switch in the Switches map.
From the Network Hub menu, choose Switch Status or right-click the switch and choose Switch Status.
Each port in the switch is queried and a Switch Status window for that switch is displayed. A screen shot of the same is given below:-
All the ports in the switch are displayed with their current status at the bottom of the window. Click each port to view its details in the Details of fields located at the top right side. The Configuration of fields display information on the switch. Details on each of the fields are provided in the following table:-
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Configuration of |
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Name of Switch |
Displays the name of the switch for which the details are being viewed. |
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Number of Ports |
Displays the number of ports in that switch. |
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Physical Location |
Displays the place where the switch is located physically in the network. |
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User/Contact Name |
Displays the name and how to contact the person handling that switch. |
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Details of |
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ifOper Status |
Displays the operational status of the selected port on that switch. If 1 is displayed: The link is up. If 2 is displayed: The link is faulty. If 3 is displayed: No operational packets can be transmitted. |
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ifDescr |
Displays the description of the selected port, such as Manufacturer details, date of manufacturing, and more. |
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ifSpeed |
Displays an estimate of the selected port's current bandwidth in bits per second. |
Tips:-
The ports that have the same speed are connected together and the others are shown separately.
The link up and link faulty status are differentiated with green and red colors respectively.
Change the time interval in which the ports are to be queried periodically in Poll Time in millisec field and click Set.
You can view switch status from the Network Database view also. For more information, refer to Traversing Network Database.
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