Most Active Switch Ports report
Shows a chart of the 20 switches that are most active, and details for all switches, for a time period that you specify. Use the report to analyze the performance of switches.
Charts
The bar chart shows the most active ports on the switch. By default, ports are sorted by the total frame rate.Tip: To change the sort order,
select a value from the Sort Order list.
Report output
The information that is provided about the most active ports on switches is as follows:
- Switch Name
- The logical name of the switch or the name that was defined when the switch was added to IBM Spectrum Control. If neither name is available, the WWN of the switch is displayed.
- Switch Blade Slot Number
- The number of the slot on the switch to which the blade is attached. This property applies to ports on blades.
- Switch Port Number
- The number of the port on the switch.
- Switch Port WWPN
- The worldwide port name of the port on the switch.
- Total Port Frame Rate (frames/s)
- The average number of frames per second that are transferred. This value includes frames that are sent and received by the port.
- Total Port Data Rate (MiB/s)
- The average rate at which data is transferred through the port. The rate is measured in MiB per second and includes both send and receive operations.
- Overall Port Bandwidth Percentage
- The percentage of the port bandwidth that is used for send and receive operations. This value is an indicator of port bandwidth usage that is based on the speed of the port.
Related reports
To open other reports that are related to a resource in this report, click the name of the resource. You can open the following related reports for the resources in this report:
| Resource | Related reports |
|---|---|
| Switch | Performance of One Switch |
| Switch port | Performance of One Switch Port |