Using the Port Usage Report

The Port Usage report includes the following statistics: all the switches and ports in your network by folder, unused ports, access and distribution ports, most used switches, and most used ports. This report, as shown in Figure 1, also provides a histogram of unused ports vs. unused switches by type (access or distribution).

Figure 1  Port Usage Report

 

Table 47 describes the fields in the Switches table that is in this report.

Table 47: Switch Table Fields and Descriptions

Field	Description
Device	The name of the device
Folder/Group	The folder and group that this devices belongs to
Type	The switch type
Contact	Displays the contact info for the switch, if available
Location	Displays the location information for the switch, if available
Total Ports	The total number of ports available on the device
Access Ports	The total number of Access Ports available on the device
Unused Ports (%)	The percentage of the ports on the device that are unused
Traffic In	The amount of incoming traffic on the device
Traffic Out	The amount of outbound traffic on the device