Viewing Active Ports

Viewing Active Ports

The active ports are port numbers that have been assigned to sets. You can view active port numbers of a switch within the Switches Menu.

  1. Click the Switches menu.
  2. In the Navigation pane, click Switches.
  3. Depending on the amount of records you have within your database, the list may not readily populate. To populate the list, perform one of the following actions:
    • Within the search box, type any portion of the record and then click the magnifying glass.
    • Click the Show All
  1. Once the list populates, double-click the record to open the General – Switch window.
  2. Within the Ports ribbon group, click the lower portion of the button to access a drop-down menu, from the list select Active Ports (Depending on your switch, the button name changes, for example, the button name may be EQN, TN, LEN, etc.) The screen changes to display the port groups.
  3. Within the list, click the plus sign (+) next to the port group name to view the associated active port numbers. (If the plus sign disappears when you click on it, it means the port group does not have any active port numbers).
  4. For each active port, the Bad column is blank, to make the port bad, checkmark the box in the bad column.
  5. Within the Actions ribbon group, click the Save button (save and stay).