Viewing the Port Usage Summary

Viewing the Port Usage Summary

Within the Switches Menu, you can view a switches port numbers usage summary. You can see the total number of port numbers for each port type. You can also see the number of port numbers that are in use.

  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 Port Usage. (Depending on your switch, the button name changes, for example, the button name may be EQN, TN, LEN, etc.)
  3. The screen changes to display the port usage details. The top pane displays the ports number details, including port types, total ports, used, free, bad and percentages.
  4. The lower pane displays the same information in a bar graph.