Port utilization – Rockwell Automation 1783-BMxxx Stratix 5700 Ethernet Managed Switches User Manual User Manual

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Rockwell Automation Publication 1783-UM004E-EN-P - June 2014

Chapter 4 Manage the Switch via the Device Manager Web Interface

Port Utilization

You can choose which types of network traffic to display and in what format:

Types of traffic—By default, all traffic is displayed for all interfaces. Click

the links above the display area to display all traffic, errors, received traffic,
or transmitted traffic.

Formats—Click the buttons below the display area to view the data in

Chart Mode or Grid Mode.

Chart details—When displaying a chart, position your mouse pointer over

a bar or a point on the chart to view the data.

As you monitor the usage on the ports, note whether the percentage is what you
expect during that given time of network activity. If usage is high when you
expect it to be low, a problem can exist. Bandwidth allocation can also be based
on whether the connection is operating in half-duplex or full-duplex mode.

These are some of the reasons for errors received on or sent from the switch ports:

Bad cable connection
Defective ports
Software problems
Driver problems

Data is collected at each 60-second system refresh.

Refer to

Monitor Trends on page 170

for a graph to view per-port patterns over

incremental instances in time (by 60 seconds, 1 hour, 1 day, or 1 week).

Refer to

Monitor Port Statistics on page 171

for details on the specific port errors

detected on each port.

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