Viewing Bad Ports

Viewing Bad Ports

You can see which switch port numbers are bad 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 and from the list select Bad 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 bad port numbers. (If the plus sign disappears when you click it, it means the port group does not have any bad port numbers).
  4. There is a checkmark in the Bad column for each bad port. To make the port good again, remove the checkmark.
  5. Within the Actions ribbon group, click the Save button (save and stay).