> Monitoring the System
> This chapter provides information for monitoring system status and performance using the show commands found in the Command Line Interface (CLI). These command have many related keywords that allow them to provide useful information on all aspects of the system ranging from current software configuration through call activity and status.
> The selection of keywords described in this chapter is intended to provided the most useful and in-depth information for monitoring the system. For additional information on these and other show command keywords, refer to the Command Line Interface Reference.
> SNMP Notifications
> In addition to the CLI, the system supports Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) notifications that indicate status and alarm conditions. Refer to the SNMP MIB Reference for a detailed listing of these notifications.
> Monitoring System Status and Performance
> This section contains commands used to monitor the status of tasks, managers, applications and other software components in the system. Output descriptions for most of the commands are located in the Statistics and Counters Reference.

> To do this: | Enter this command:
> View Administrative Information
> Display Current Administrative User Access
> View a list of all administrative users currently logged on the system | show administrators
> View the context in which the administrative user is working, the IP address from which the administrative user is accessing the CLI, and a system generated ID number | show administrators session id
> View information pertaining to local-user administrative accounts configured for the system | show local-user verbose
> View statistics for local-user administrative accounts | show local-user statistics verbose
> View information pertaining to your CLI session | show cli
> Determining System Uptime
> View system uptime (time since last reboot) | show system uptime
> View NTP Server Status
> View NTP servers status | show ntp status
> View System Resources
> View all system resources such as CPU resources and number of managers created | show resources [ cpu ]
> View System Alarms
> View information about all currently outstanding alarms | show alarm outstanding all verbose
> View system alarm statistics | show alarm statistics
> View Congestion-Control Statistics
> View Congestion-Control Statistics | show congestion-control statistics
> View Remote Management Statistics
> Display SNMP Notification Statistics
> View SNMP notification statistics | show snmp notifies
> Display SNMP Access Statistics
> View SNMP access statistics | show snmp accesses
> Display SNMP Trap History
> View SNMP trap history | show snmp trap history
> Display SNMP Trap Statistics |
> View SNMP Trap Statistics | show snmp trap statistics
> Display ORBEM Information
> View ORBEM client status | show orbem client id
> View ORBEM session information | show orbem session table
> View individual ORBEM sessions | show orbem session id orbem
> View ORBEM status information | show orbem status
> View Port Counters
> Display Port Datalink Counters
> View datalink counters for a specific port | show port datalink counters slot#/port#
> Display Port Network Processor Unit (NPU) Counters
> View NPU counters for a specific port | show port npu counters slot#port#

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> Important: The commands or keywords/variables that are available are dependent on platform type, product version, and installed license(s). Some commands have different outputs depending on the platform type.
> Clearing Statistics and Counters
> It may be necessary to periodically clear statistics and counters in order to gather new information. The system provides the ability to clear statistics and counters based on their grouping (PPP, MIPHA, MIPFA, etc.).
> Statistics and counters can be cleared using the CLI clear command. Refer to the Command Line Interface Reference for detailed information on using this command.

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