Interfaces
This section provides information about SAN interfaces, such as, FC ports, Ethernet ports, port groups, and so on.
FC Ports
Choose SAN > Interfaces > FC Ports to view information about FC ports.
Viewing Inventory Information for FC Ports
Choose SAN > Interfaces > FC Ports > Inventory tab to display the list of Fibre Chanel interfaces.
The following table describes the fields that appear on SAN > Interfaces > FC Ports > Inventory.
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Field |
Description |
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Status |
Specifies the status of the interface. |
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Fabric |
Specifies the fabric name. Click the fabric name to display the fabric status on the right-side of the page. Click the Launch icon on the top-right side of the pane to see Fabric Overview. For information on Fabric Overview, see Fabric Overview. |
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Enclosure |
Specifies the enclosure. |
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Device Name |
Specifies the device name. |
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VSAN |
Specifies the VSAN to which the interface belongs to. |
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Switch interface |
Specified the interface name. |
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Type |
Specifies the interface type. |
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Port WWN |
Specifies the port world wide name (pWWN). |
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Speed |
Specifies the interface speed. |
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FCID |
Specifies the interface FCID. |
Viewing Performance Information for FC Ports
Choose SAN > Interfaces > FC Ports > Performance tab to view the performance of Fibre Chanel interfaces.
The following table describes the fields that appear on SAN > Interfaces > FC Ports > Performance. You can filter the data using the Day, Week, Month, and Year options from the Show last day drop-down list. You can also filter for Host Ports and Storage Ports using Show Host Ports drop-down list.
To enable Performance, navigate to the Fabric window, choose the required fabric, and choose Actions > Configure Performance.
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Field |
Description |
|---|---|
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Fabric |
Specifies the fabric name. Click the fabric name to display the fabric status on the right-side of the page. Click the Launch icon on the top-right side of the pane to see Fabric Overview. For information on Fabric Overview, see Fabric Overview. |
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Name |
Specifies the interface name. Click the chart icon in the Name column to view a graph of the traffic on that device according to the selected timeline. You can filter the data using the Day, Week, Month, and Year options. |
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VSAN |
Specifies the VSAN to which the interface belongs to. |
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Switch interface |
Specified the interface name. |
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Speed |
Specifies the interface speed. |
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Rx/Tx |
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Avg |
Specifies the average receiving or transmitting speed. |
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Avg % |
Specifies the average percentage of receiving or transmitting speed. |
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Peak |
Specifies the peak utilization of the receiving or transmitting speed. |
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Peak % |
Specifies the peak utilization percentage of the receiving or transmitting speed. |
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Rx + Tx |
Specifies the sum of Rx and Tx speeds. |
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Errors/Discards |
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In Avg |
Specified the average of incoming errors or discards. |
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Out Avg |
Specified the average of outgoing errors or discards. |
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In Peak |
Specified the peak of incoming errors or discards. |
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Out Peak |
Specified the peak of outgoing errors or discards. |
Viewing FC FICON Ports
Choose to display the list of Fiber Channel FICON interfaces.
The following table describes the fields that appear on the FICON page. Use the Show last day drop-down list to filter the view by Day, Week, Month, and Year.
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Field |
Description |
|---|---|
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Fabric |
Specifies the fabric name. Click the fabric name to display the fabric status on the right-side of the page. Click the Launch icon on the top-right side of the pane to see Fabric Overview. For information on Fabric Overview, see Fabric Overview. |
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Switch interface |
Specifies the switch interface. |
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Description |
Specifies the interface description. |
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FCID |
Specifies the associated interface FCID. |
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Mode |
Specifies the interface mode. |
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FICON ID |
Specifies the FICON ID. |
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Connected To |
Specifies where the interface is connected to. |
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VSAN |
Specifies the VSAN to which the interface belongs to. |
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Speed |
Specifies the interface speed. |
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Rx/Tx |
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Avg |
Specifies the average receiving or transmitting speed. |
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Avg % |
Specifies the average percentage of receiving or transmitting speed. |
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Peak |
Specifies the maximum utilization of the receiving or transmitting speed. |
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Peak % |
Specifies the maximum utilization in percentage of the receiving or transmitting speed. |
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Rx + Tx |
Specifies the sum of Rx and Tx speeds. |
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Errors/Discards |
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In Avg |
Specifies the average of incoming errors or discards. |
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Out Avg |
Specifies the average of outgoing errors or discards. |
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In Peak |
Specifies the maximum number of incoming errors or discards. |
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Out Peak |
Specifies the maximum number of outgoing errors or discards. |
Viewing Performance Information for Ethernet Ports
Choose SAN > Interfaces > Ethernet tab to display the list of Ethernet interfaces.
The following table describes the fields that appear on SAN > Interfaces > Ethernet. Use the Show last day menu drop-down list to filter the view by Day, Week, Month, and Year.
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Field |
Description |
|---|---|
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Fabric |
Specifies the fabric name. Click the fabric name to display the fabric status on the right-side of the page. Click the Launch icon on the top-right side of the pane to see Fabric Overview. For information on Fabric Overview, see Fabric Overview. |
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Name |
Specifies the interface name. Click the chart icon in the Name column to view a graph of the traffic on that device according to the selected timeline. You can filter the data using the Day, Week, Month, and Year options. |
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Description |
Specifies the interface description. |
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Speed |
Specifies the interface speed. |
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Rx/Tx |
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Avg |
Specifies the average receiving or transmitting speed. |
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Avg % |
Specifies the average percentage of receiving or transmitting speed. |
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Peak |
Specifies the peak utilization of the receiving or transmitting speed. |
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Peak % |
Specifies the peak utilization percentage of the receiving or transmitting speed. |
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Rx + Tx |
Specifies the sum of Rx and Tx speeds. |
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Errors/Discards |
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In Avg |
Specified the average of incoming errors or discards. |
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Out Avg |
Specified the average of outgoing errors or discards. |
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In Peak |
Specified the peak of incoming errors or discards. |
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Out Peak |
Specified the peak of outgoing errors or discards. |
Viewing Performance Information for Port Groups
Choose SAN > Interfaces > Port Groups tab to display the list of port groups.
The following table describes the fields that appear on SAN > Interfaces > Port Groups. Use the Show last 24 hours menu drop-down list to filter the view by 24 Hours, Week, Month, and Year.
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Field |
Description |
|---|---|
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Fabric |
Specifies the fabric name. Click the fabric name to display the fabric status on the right-side of the page. Click the Launch icon on the top-right side of the pane to see Fabric Overview. For information on Fabric Overview, see Fabric Overview. |
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Port Group Name |
Specifies the port group name. Click the name to display the port group members. |
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Rx/Tx |
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Avg |
Specifies the average receiving or transmitting speed. |
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Peak |
Specifies the peak utilization of the receiving or transmitting speed. |
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Rx + Tx |
Specifies the sum of Rx and Tx speeds. |
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Errors/Discards |
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In Avg |
Specified the average of incoming errors or discards. |
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In Peak |
Specified the peak of incoming errors or discards. |
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Last Updated |
Specifies when the information was last updated. |
Port Group Member
Choose SAN > Interfaces > Port Groups and click a port group name to view the port group members.
The following table describes the fields that appear on Port Group Member.
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Field |
Description |
|---|---|
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Port Group Member |
Specifies the port group member. Click the chart icon to view a graph of the traffic for the port group member according to the selected timeline. You can filter the data using the Day, Week, Month, and Year options. |
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Speed |
Specifies the speed for the port group member. |
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Rx/Tx |
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Avg |
Specifies the average receiving or transmitting speed. |
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Peak |
Specifies the peak utilization of the receiving or transmitting speed. |
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Rx + Tx |
Specifies the sum of Rx and Tx speeds. |
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Errors/Discards |
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In Avg |
Specified the average of incoming errors or discards. |
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In Peak |
Specified the peak of incoming errors or discards. |
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Last Updated |
Specifies when the information was last updated. |
Viewing Performance Information for Optics
Choose SAN > Interfaces > Optics tab to display the list of optics.
The following table describes the fields that appear on .
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Field |
Description |
|---|---|
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Fabric |
Specifies the fabric name. Click the fabric name to display the fabric status on the right-side of the page. Click the Launch icon on the top-right side of the pane to see Fabric Overview. For information on Fabric Overview, see Fabric Overview. |
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Switch |
Specifies the switch name. |
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Interface |
Specifies the interface name. Click the chart icon in the Interface column to view a graph of the optics parameters on that device according to the selected timeline. You can filter the data using the Day, Week, Month, and Year options. |
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Temperature (C) |
Specifies the average, minimum, and maximum temperature. |
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Current (mA) |
Specifies the average, minimum, and maximum current. |
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OpRxPower (dBm) |
Specifies the average, minimum, and maximum optic Rx power. |
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OpTxPower (dBm) |
Specifies the average, minimum, and maximum optic Tx power. |
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Voltage (V) |
Specifies the average, minimum, and maximum voltage. |
To view the optic metric information of devices that are connected to all the FC ports from the Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller Web UI, perform the following steps:
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Choose .
The Optics window is displayed.
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You can sort the table using Filter by attributes field to enable filtering by Fabric, Switch, Interface, Temperature, Current, Power, and Voltage.
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You can use Show last day drop-down to filter the view by Day, Week, Month, and Year.
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Click a fabric name to display the fabric health status on the right-side of the page.
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Click the Launch icon on fabric window to navigate to the fabric overview page.
Custom Port Groups
Choose SAN > Interfaces > Custom Port Groups tab to view and create custom port groups.
The following table describes the fields that appear on SAN > Interfaces > Custom Port Groups.
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Field |
Description |
|---|---|
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Group Name |
Specifies the port group name. Click the name to view the performance and configure the port group. For more information, see Viewing Performance of Custom Port Groups and Configuring Custom Port Groups. |
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Devices |
Specifies the number of devices. |
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Interfaces |
Specifies the number of interfaces. |
The following table describes the action items, in the Actions menu drop-down list, that appear on SAN > Interfaces > Custom Port Groups.
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Action Item |
Description |
|---|---|
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Create Port Group |
Select a port group from the table, choose Create Port Group, provide a port group name, and click Save & Exit to create a custom port group. |
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Edit port group |
Select a port group from the table and choose Edit port group to edit port group. |
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Delete |
Select a port group from the table and choose Delete to delete the port group. |
Viewing Performance of Custom Port Groups
Choose SAN > Interfaces > Custom Port Groups and click a port group name to view the performance of the port group.
The following table describes the fields that appear on the Performance tab of Custom Port Groups.
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Field |
Description |
|---|---|
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Device |
Specifies the device name. |
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Connected To |
Specifies where the interface is connected to. |
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Speed |
Specifies the interface speed. |
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Rx/Tx |
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Avg |
Specifies the average receiving or transmitting speed. |
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Peak |
Specifies the peak utilization of the receiving or transmitting speed. |
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Rx + Tx |
Specifies the sum of Rx and Tx speeds. |
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Errors/Discards |
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Avg |
Specified the average of incoming errors or discards. |
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Peak |
Specified the peak of incoming errors or discards. |
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Last Updated |
Specifies when the information was last updated. |
Use the Show last day menu drop-down list to filter the view by Day, Week, Month, and Year.
Configuring Custom Port Groups
Choose SAN > Interfaces > Custom Port Groups, click a port group name, and click the Configuration tab to configure the custom port group.
The following table describes the fields that appear on the Configuration tab of Custom Port Groups.
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Field |
Description |
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Device |
Specifies the device name. Click the device name to display the device status on the right-side of the page. |
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Connected To |
Specifies where the interface is connected to. |
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Description |
Specifies the interface description. |
The following table describes the action items, in the Actions menu drop-down list, that appear on the Configuration tab.
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Action Item |
Description |
|---|---|
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Add Interfaces |
Choose Add Interfaces to add interfaces to the port group. In the Add Interfaces window, select a device and click Next Step - Add Interfaces. Select the interfaces that you want to add to the port group and click Save & Exit. |
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Delete |
Select a port group from the table and choose Delete to delete the port group. |
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