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HP TopTools for Hubs and Switches User Manual

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Accessing Hub Features
Interpreting Device Status

The information shown for hubs is for all ports on the device. You can obtain
information for each port by selecting the

Performance Gauges button (Status

tab), then selecting an individual port from the drop down list. If you want to
monitor a different attribute for that port, just select the desired attribute from
the drop down list below the port number.

You can also obtain information for all 100Base-T ports or all 10Base-T ports.

Figure 12-3. Performance Gauges for a Hub

The following table explains the attributes and gives their threshold settings
on a per port basis for hubs. These settings cannot be changed. You can view
an attribute value for all the ports of a device by selecting

All Ports from the

drop down list above the attribute. For the switching hubs, you can also select
a segment from the drop down list.

Normal Activity
Region

Current
Reading

Warning
Severity
Region

Critical
Severity
Region