User`s guide

The FN100 Chassis View
2-6 Viewing Chassis Information
The Utilities Menu
From the U
tilities menu you can select:
• M
IB Tools, provides direct access to the FN100’s MIB information. This
selection is also available from the T
ools menu at the top of the NetSight
Element Manager’s main window. Refer to the Tools Guide for more
information on the MIB Tools utility.
• R
MON, for launching the Remote Network Monitoring application. RMON is
described in its own User’s Guide. Like MIB Tools, RMON can also be
launched from the T
ools menu.
The Help Menu
The Help Menu has two selections:
• M
ibs Supported, which brings up the Chassis Manager window. See The
Chassis Manager Window, later in this chapter, for details.
• C
hassis Manager Help, which brings up a help window with information
specifically related to using the Chassis Manager and Chassis View windows.
• A
bout Chassis Manager..., which brings up a version window for the Chassis
Manager application in use.
The Port Menus
The menu for bridging ports offers the following selections:
• Description..., which brings up a window describing the selected port; see
Viewing the Port Description, later in this chapter.
• Performance Graph..., which allows you to view the traffic going through a
selected bridge. This information is displayed both numerically and
graphically, as described in your Tools Guide bridging chapter.
• Source Addressing..., which displays a list of MAC Addresses that
communicate through the selected bridge port.
• I/F Statistics..., which allows you to view color-coded statistical information
about the selected bridge port; see Viewing Interface Detail later in this
chapter.
• CSMACD Stats..., which graphically displays Receive, Transmission, and
Collision errors over the selected bridge port; see Viewing CSMACD
Statistics later in this chapter.
NOTE
Using the MIBTools utility, you will have access to MIB information for FN100
interfaces that are assigned to the default virtual switch. MIB information for interfaces
assigned to a virtual switch other than the default virtual switch will be unavailable via
MIBTools. See Chapter 3, FN100 Virtual Switching, for details on viewing and
changing the default virtual switch setting.