Switch details
View detailed information about the components and resources that are associated with a switch.
To view the details page for a switch, click . Then, right-click a switch in the list and select View Details.
General
Overview
- Most Active Ports Receive
- Use the Most Active Ports Receive charts to view the performance of ports with the most receive
data over the past 24 hours. There are two charts in this carousel: Receive Data Rate, and Receive
Bandwidth. Click the arrows
to cycle through the charts. - Most Active Ports Send
- Use the Most Active Ports Send charts to view the performance of ports with the most send data
in a switch over the past 24 hours. There are two charts in this carousel: Send Data Rate, and Send
Bandwidth. Click the arrows to cycle through the charts.
- Port Congestion
- Use the Port Congestion charts to view the performance of ports with the highest congestion over
the past 24 hours. There are three charts in this carousel: Port Congestion Index, Zero Buffer
Credit Rate, and Zero Buffer Credit Percentage. Click the arrows to cycle through the charts.
- Most Problematic Ports
- Use the Most Problematic Ports chart to view the performance of ports with the largest number of errors over the past 24 hours.
- The charts show performance data that was collected in the last 24 hours. If no performance data was collected during that period the charts will be blank.
- To view different charts, click the name of a chart and select the chart that you want to view.
Click the arrow icons
to cycle through the different charts that are available for each chart type. - You can choose to display the charts in different positions on the page. For example, you can display the Zero Buffer Credit Rate and Zero Buffer Credit Percentage charts for Port Congestion at the same time in different positions on the page.
- If you do not clear browser cookies between login sessions, the selected charts are automatically displayed in the same positions the next time that you log on to the GUI and view the details of the resource.
- The chart selections that you make in the details of one switch will be applied to all other switches when you view their details.
Properties
View the attributes of the switch, including general information about the switch, its connectivity, ports and links to other switches.Alerts and Alert Definitions
View the alerts that were generated when certain conditions were detected on a switch on the Alerts page. Alerts are generated when the conditions that are specified on the Alert Definitions page are detected. Performance alerts can be defined for switches, ports, and trunks.
Use alert policies to manage the alert definitions and notification settings that apply to switches. The Default Switch alert policy is assigned to each switch identified on the chassis when a new chassis is added to IBM Storage Insights. You can view, set, or create the alert policy for a switch from the Alert Definitions page. The actions that are available for alert polices depend on whether an alert policy is currently assigned to the switch. You can also create and assign alert policies from the Alert Policies page.
| Alert policy status | Tasks available on Alert Definitions page |
|---|---|
| An alert policy is assigned | View the policy or set a different policy to manage the switch. Click View Policy or Set Policy from the Policy Actions menu. |
| No alert policy is assigned | Set a policy to manage the switch or create a policy from the existing alert definitions.
Click Set Policy or Create Policy from the
Policy Actions menu. If you don't want to use a policy, you can define alerts for a switch by clicking Edit Alert Definitions. |
You can also view, set, or create the alert policy for a switch from the Alert Definitions pages.