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Statistics Menu
Introduction
You can view switch performance statistics in the user, operator, and administrator command modes. This chapter 
discusses how to use the CLI to display switch statistics. 
Menu information
Command: /stats
[Statistics Menu] 
 port - Port Stats Menu 
 clrports – Clear stats for all ports 
 l2 - Layer 2 Stats Menu 
 l3 - Layer 3 Stats Menu 
 mp - MP-specific Stats Menu 
 ntp - Show NTP stats 
 dump - Dump all stats 
The following table describes the Statistics Menu options.
Table 34 Statistics Menu options
Command Usage
port 
Displays the Port Statistics Menu for the specified port. Use this command to display 
traffic statistics on a port-by-port basis. Traffic statistics are included in SNMP 
Management Information Base (MIB) objects. 
clrports
Clears the statistics for all ports.
l2
Displays the Layer 2 Statistics Menu.
l3
Displays the Layer 3 Statistics Menu.
mp
Displays the Management Processor Statistics Menu. Use this command to view 
information on how switch management processes and resources are currently being 
allocated. 
ntp 
Displays Network Time Protocol (NTP) Statistics. 
Add the argument, 
clear
, to clear NTP statistics
dump
Dumps all switch statistics. Use this command to gather data for tuning and debugging 
switch performance. If you want to capture dump data to a file, set your communication 
software on your workstation to capture session data prior to issuing the dump 
command.  
