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Viewing System Information

You can view the system information of the node using System information menu.

System menu parameters

Field

Description

ifconfig

Displays the information about interfaces of the node.

Routing Table

Displays the information of IP routing of the node discovered automatically through OSPF protocol.

ARP

Displays the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP). ARP is the method for finding a link layer of the host (hardware) address when only the respective Internet Layer (IP) or some other Network Layer address is known.

Ping

Enables the user to know the reachability of any adjacent nodes by putting the IP address in the specified box.

Trace route

Displays the number of hops or distance to reach any other adjacent node in the network.

Netstat

Netstat (network statistics) is a command-line tool that displays network connections (both incoming and outgoing), routing tables, and a number of network interface statistics.

Perform the steps given below to view the System information.

  1. Click on Maintenance > Diagnostic > DCN Monitor > System in the navigation pane.
  2. Click on the desired System menu parameter that you want to view the information.

Routing Table parameters

Parameter

Field

Description

ifconfig

Displays the interface table.

Routing Table

Destination

Displays the destination IP of the node.

Gateway

Displays the IP address of the gateway node.

Genmask

Displays the subnet mask.

Flags

Unused

Metric

Unused

Ref

Unused

Use

Unused

Iface

Displays the type of interface.

ARP

Address

Displays the host's link layer (hardware) address.

HWtype

Displays the hardware type.

HWaddress

Displays the hardware address.

Flags

Unused

Mask

Unused

Ping

Ping

Enter the IP address.

c

Displays the number of packets to ping.

s

Displays the number of bytes (size) of the packet.

start ping

Click this button to start the search operation and fetch the Ping Statistics.

Traceroute

Trace

Enter the IP address to trace and print a network path to the host.

start trace

Click this button to start the search operation and fetch the Trace Statistics.

Netstat

Proto

Displays the type of protocol.

Recv-Q

Specifies the number of bytes which are not received.

Send-Q

Specifies the Number of Bytes not send to destination.

Local Address

Displays the local IP address.

Foreign Address

Displays the remote IP address.

State

Unused

PID/Program name

Displays the program name.

See Also

Diagnostics

Accessing OSPFv2 diagnostics data

Collecting Debug Data

Collecting Debug Data of a Fabric Card

Viewing HCPXCC04 Micro-SD Read/Write Profile

Collecting Micro-SD Statistics