Data for switches in performance reports

You can include properties and other information about switches in performance reports.

Information about switches

You can create performance reports that include the following information:

Switch Logical Name
The logical name of a switch or switch port.

Component properties

You can create performance reports that include the following information:

Switch WWN
The World Wide Name (WWN) of the switch. A WWN is the unique 64-bit identifier for the switch.
Parent Switch WWN
The worldwide name of the parent switch.
Switch Management Telnet Address
The Telnet address that you access to manage the switch.
Switch Management SNMP Address
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) address that you access to manage the switch.
Switch Management URL Address
The URL that you access to manage the switch.
Switch Domain
The domain ID of a switch. The ID is an 8-bit identifier with a range of 0-255. This column is blank for physical switches that are parents of virtual switches.
Switch Version
The version number of the operating system that is running on the switch.
Switch Location
The physical location of the switch. The location is defined when a switch is added to IBM Spectrum® Control. You can add or edit the location of the switch on the General tab of the properties notebook.
Switch Custom Tag 1, 2, and 3
User-defined text that is associated with the switch. You can add or edit the custom tags for the switch on the General tab of the properties notebook.

Status information

You can create performance reports that include the following information:

Switch Status
The condition of the resource, for example normal, warning, or error.
Switch Is Detected
Shows whether the resource was detected the last time that data was collected. If this value is Yes, the resource was detected.

Vendor, model, and device information

You can create performance reports that include the following information:

Switch IP Address
The IP address of the resource.
Switch Serial Number
The serial number of the resource.
Switch Vendor
The vendor who supplied the resource.
Switch Model
The model name or model number of the resource.