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User Guide for the Catalyst Express 520 Switches
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Monitoring the Switch
Any problem in your switch can affect a large proportion of your users.
Implementing a preventive approach to switch monitoring helps you to detect
problems early and to avoid potential problems.
With switch monitoring, you can gain visibility into the status and availability of
the switch ports. You can actively monitor the switch and its ports and quickly
notify users if a switch port or the switch fails.
Read this chapter to understand the switch monitoring features that are available
through the device manager to evaluate the status and the performance of the
switch. The tasks in this chapter are independent, unless otherwise noted, and are
listed in no particular order.
We strongly recommend that you download the Cisco Configuration Assistant
from Cisco.com and use the enhanced set of tools to monitor the switch and your
network. You can download it from this Cisco.com site:
http://www.cisco.com/go/configassist
Before You Begin:
The monitoring features described in this chapter are available if the switch has
an IP address. Make sure that the switch has been set up as described in Chapter 2,
“Setting Up the Switch.”
Chapter Topics:
• Review the Front Panel View and the LEDs, page 6-2
• Review the Dashboard, page 6-6
• Review the Port Status, page 6-7
