Viewing Switch Port Details

You can use the Switch Port page to get a detailed overview of the switch ports available in
VMware Aria Operations for Networks
.
To access this page, search for
Switch Port
on the
VMware Aria Operations for Networks
home page. The search result lists all the switch ports on
VMware Aria Operations for Networks
. Click the entity for which you want to view further details.
Section
Details
Overview
You see:
  • Key configurations and runtime properties of the switch port.
  • A list of VMs connected to the switch port.
Alerts
You see the problems and changes associated with the switch port.
Metrics
You see the following switch port metrics:
  • Network Rx Rate
    - The average rate at which data was received during the time interval.
  • Network Traffic Rate
    - The average of received and transmitted traffic during the time interval.
  • Network Tx Rate
    - The average rate at which data was transmitted during the time interval.
  • Dropped Rx Packets
    - The average ratio of dropped received packets to total received packets.
  • Dropped Tx Packets
    - The average ratio of dropped transmitted packets to total transmitted packets.
  • Interface Peak Buffer Utilization
    - Peak buffer occupancy per port during the time interval.
  • uRPF Drop Packets
    -The number of packets dropped at the switch port due to unicast reverse-path forwarding (uRPF).
    The number of dropped packets is displayed in the metrics only if you are viewing the switch port details of a Cisco ASR 1K device and if the uRPF feature is enabled on the device.