Switch Ports

Browsing Switch Ports

The Switch Port List provides detailed information about every Switch Port detected on the network. The Switch Port List can be viewed by going to the Switch Management Panel in the top left, and clicking on Switch Ports.

Contextual Information

  1. Go to Management > Switch

  2. Find and click on desired Switch Name

  3. Find information such as:

    • Switch - Hostname of Switch

    • Port - Port Number of Switch

    • Description - Description of port

    • Authenticated User - Authenticated user's Full Name through connected switch port

    • Hostname - Hostname of node through connected switch port

    • IP / MAC - IP / MAC through connected switch port

    • Nodes - The number of nodes through connected switch port

    • MACs - The number of macs through connected switch port

    • Connection Type - Connection type through connected switch port

    • Link - Link On Green icon, Link Off Gray icon

    • Admin Down - Indicates port shutdown.

    • Duplex - Link Duplex

    • Speed - Link Speed

    • Traffic - bps through connected switch port

    • Utilization - Port utilization %

    • VLAN ID - VLAN ID assigned to the port

    • Trunk Port - Show if trunk port is enabled trunk or blank

    • Port Security Settings - Status of Port Security settings On or Off

    • 802.1x Settings - Status of 802.1x settings Enable or blank

    • Auth MACs - The number of Authenticated MAC address

Add to a Node Bucket

  1. Go to Management > Switch in the top panel

  2. Find Switch Ports to add. Click Checkbox (Make sure that port has at least 1 node connected)

  3. Click Tasks > Add To Node Bucket

  4. Click Ok (Nodes added to your Node Bucket will appear in the Management > Node view)

Remove from a Node Bucket

  1. Go to Management > Node in the top panel

  2. Go to Sensor Tab > Node Bucket in the left panel

  3. Find Node from Node Bucket window. Click Checkbox

  4. Click Empty button in top right (To clean the entire Node Bucket. Click Empty All)

Searching Switch Ports

You can search Switches and their information using the Search Bar located at the top of the main panel. Details that can be searched are Switch Name, Port, Description, Auth User, Hostname, or the Number of MACs/Nodes.

Changing Switch Port Description

  1. Go to Management > Switch in the top panel

  2. Find and click Switch Port in the Port column

Under General tab

  1. For Description field, enter a description

  2. Click Update

Changing Switch Port VLAN ID

  1. Go to Management > Switch in the top panel

  2. Find and click Switch Port in the Port column

Under General tab

  1. For VLAN ID, enter a number

  2. Click Send SNMP Command

Changing Switch Port Default VLAN

  1. Go to Management > Switch in the top panel

  2. Find and click Switch Port in the Port column

Under General tab

  1. For Default VLAN, enter a number. When a node attached to a switchport falls under an Enforcement Policy where switch port VLAN assignment is not specified, the switch port will be set the the Default VLAN. Enter 0 as the Default VLAN to perform no change to the Switch Port.

  2. Click Set

Note

In order to change a Description, or VLAN ID the read/write Community string or an SNMPv3 Username with write permissions for that Switch must be specified.