Ports Tab in Switch Dashboard

In the switch dashboard, the Ports tab displays details about ports and the LAGs configured in the switch.

The Ports tab displays the following details:

To navigate to the Ports tab in the Switch dashboard, complete the following steps:

  1. In the Aruba Central app, set the filter to one of the options under Groups, Labels, or Sites. For all devices, set the filter to Global. Ensure that the filter selected contains at least one active switch.

    The dashboard context for the selected filter is displayed.

  2. Under Manage, click Devices > Switches.

    A list of switches is displayed in the List view.

  3. Click a switch listed under Device Name.

    The dashboard context for the specific switch is displayed.

  4. Under Manage, click LANPorts.

    The Ports tab is displayed.

  5. To exit the Switch dashboard, click the back arrow on the filter.

    You can change the time range for the Ports tab by clicking the time range filter and selecting one of the available options: 3 hours, 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, or 3 months.

The following video provides an overview of the Ports tab.

Port Status

The Port Status section displays the total number of ports for the following:

  • Up—Ports in up state
  • Down—Ports in down state
  • Alert—Alerts generated
  • Uplink—Number of uplink ports

Faceplate

If the switch is a standalone switch, the faceplate of the switch is displayed. For a switch stack, faceplate of all the switches part of the stack is displayed. From the faceplate, click on the port to drill down and view port-level information. On the switch faceplate, hover over a port to view the following details:

  • Port
  • Name
  • Type
  • Speed
  • LAG
  • Reason (Applicable only to AOS-CX switches)

Ports

The Ports table displays the following details:

  • Port—Port number. Use the column filter to search for a particular port and use the sort option to sort the ports in ascending or descending order.
  • Name—Name of the switch.
  • Status—Status of the switch. Use the column filter to filter by status.
  • Type—Type of switch port. Use the column filter to filter by type.
  • MTU (Bytes)—MTU size of the switch.
  • Speed (Mbps)—Port speed of the switch.
  • LAG—If the port is part of a trunk group or LAG, the name of the trunk group or LAG is displayed.
  • Admin—Admin status of the switch.
  • MAC Address—MAC address of the switch.
  • VLAN—VLAN ID of the port.
  • VLAN Mode—VLAN mode of the port. Supported values are Access or Trunk.
  • Native VLAN—Native VLAN ID of the port.
  • Reason—Indicates the reason when the switch is down. This field is displayed only for AOS-CX switches.

LAGS

The LAGs table displays the list of LAGs with the following details:

  • Name—Name of the LAG. Use the sort option to sort the LAGs in ascending or descending order.
  • Up Ports—Number of uplink ports in the LAG and their port numbers.
  • Down Ports—Number of downlink ports in the LAG and their port numbers.
  • VSX—Indicates whether VSX is enabled or disabled in the LAG. This column is displayed only for AOS-CX switches.

Viewing Port-Level Information

Use one of the following options to navigate to the port and view port-level information:

  • In the switch faceplate, click on the port number.
  • In the Ports table, click the port number.

    The port-level information page consists of the following sections:

    • Status—The Status section displays the following details:
      • Operational status
      • Admin status
      • Type of port
      • Description
      • MAC Address
      • Name
      • Untagged VLAN
      • Tagged VLAN
      • LAGs
      • Usage In
      • Usage Out
    • Port Usage—The Port Usage section provides a graphical representation of data received and transmitted by the port. Each line in the graph is a sum of the received and sent traffic for a given uplink port. Hover over the graph to view data for a particular time of the day.

    • Frame Counters—The Frame Counters section provides a graphical representation of the interface frame counters. From the drop-down, select one of the following options:
      • Unicast
      • Broadcast
      • Multicast
      • Discards
      • Error

Actions

The Actions drop-down lists the following options available for remote administration of the switch:

Figure 1  Actions Menu

  • Reboot—Reboots the switch. See Rebooting Switches.
  • Tech Support—Allows the administrators to generate a tech support dump for troubleshooting the device. See Troubleshooting Aruba Switches.
  • Console—Opens the remote console for a CLI session through SSH. Ensure that you allow SSH over port 443. The default user ID is admin, but you can edit and customize the user ID. This custom user ID must be mapped to the device. See Remote Console Session.
  • VSF Switchover—Triggers the standby conductor switch to take over the conductor role. This option is applicable only for AOS-CX switch stacks. See Switching Over the Conductor Role.

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You can only troubleshoot Aruba switches using the Console option in Aruba Central. You cannot configure the switches.