Port Capacity Distribution

Port Capacity Distribution menu options allows the user to view the bandwidth utilization of node port at CoS level. The user can also view the Capacity Distribution Profile associated with a particular port. It also provides a bandwidth utilization chart to help the user before any provisioning.

Perform the following steps to view the port capacity distribution of a Node:

1. Go to Configuration > Layer 2 > Qos menu and click Port Capacity Distribution option. Port Capacity Distribution page is displayed.

   

2. Under Port Capacity Distribution column, enter the node name in the text box or select the check box and then enter the IP address of the node in the text box. On entering the character, a list related to that character is displayed and the user can select from the drop down options.
3. Select the Switch from the drop down list. This field is editable when the IP address/node name in entered in the IP field.

   A list of Port on the node and the corresponding Capacity(in Mbps) is displayed.

4. Click the desired port from the list. The Port Queues for the selected port is displayed. Also on port selection, the (View Port Bandwidth Chart) icon becomes visible.

   To view the bandwidth utilization of a Class of Service, click the desired CoS value under Port Queues. The total, reserved, and available bandwidth in Mbps on that CoS will be displayed under Bandwidth Utilization tab as shown in the figure.

   

   To view the bandwidth utilization of a port in form of chart, click the desired port on the node and click (View Port Bandwidth Chart). The free (green color) and reserved bandwidth (orange color) on that port will be displayed under BW Chart tab as shown in the following figure: