Port Utilization

The Port Utilization page displays utilization of broadband (both incoming and outgoing) per port.

To display port utilization, follow these steps:

Procedure

Step 1

Click Status and Statistics > Port Utilization.

Step 2

Enter the Refresh Rate, which is the time period that passes before the interface Ethernet statistics are refreshed.

The following fields are displayed for each port:

  • Interface—Name of port.

  • Tx Utilization—Amount of bandwidth used by outgoing packets.

  • Rx Utilization—Amount of bandwidth used by incoming packets.

To view a graph of historical utilization over time on the port, select a port and click View Interface History Graph. In addition to the above, the following field is displayed:

  • TX Utilization— Check to display TX utilization data

  • RX Utilization —Check to display RX utilization data

  • Time Span—Select a unit of time. The graph displays the port utilization over this unit of time.