Lucent Technologies Cajun M770 - Manual (Page 36)

Chapter 5 Performance Monitoring
24 Cajun M770 Manager User’s Guide
Viewing Ethernet Port Counters
Port Counters allow you to accurately view the packet flow activity of each port in
the . Once you learn what is normal packet activity for your network, Ethernet Port
Counters will help you determine network malfunctions, bottlenecks and
overloaded ports.
To view Ethernet Port Counters from Chassis View:
1 Select a port or ports to be monitored.
— To select a single port, click on the port’s symbol.
— To select multiple ports, hold the CTRL key as you click on additional ports.
— To select all Ethernet ports of a DomainX module, click on the module’s
symbol.
2 Open the Performance menu and select Port Counters. The Ethernet Port
Counters window appears.
Figure 5.1 Ethernet Port Counters Window
Ethernet Counters are gathered for each selected port. The display is updated
automatically every thirty seconds. To manually update the display, click Start.
Click Clear Counters to reset all the counter values to 0. The exact time you click
this button will be entered in the Counters Cleared At field. When you click Clear
Counters the counters are not reset on the agent.
To close the Ethernet Port Counters dialog box, click Cancel.
For a full description of all Ethernet port counters, refer to Appendix C, Counter
Fields.