Viewing Spare Ports

Viewing Spare Ports

Spare ports are unassigned port numbers. You can view the spare port numbers 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

4. Once the list populates, double-click the record to open the General – Switch window.
5. Within the Ports ribbon group, click the lower portion of the button to access a drop-down menu and from the list select Spare 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.
6. 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 it, it means the port group does not have any spare port numbers).