User guide

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Status Monitoring and Statistics
This chapter describes the following topics:
• Status Monitoring on page 18-1
• Slot Diagnostics on page 18-3
• Port Statistics on page 18-4
• Port Errors on page 18-5
• Port Monitoring Display Keys on page 18-6
• Setting the System Recovery Level on page 18-7
• Logging on page 18-7
• RMON on page 18-12
Viewing statistics on a regular basis allows you to see how well your network is
performing. If you keep simple daily records, you will see trends emerging and notice
problems arising before they cause major network faults. This way, statistics can help
you get the best out of your network.
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ONITORING
The status monitoring facility provides information about the switch. This information
may be useful for your technical support representative if you have a problem.
ExtremeWare includes many show commands that display information about different
switch functions and facilities.