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Switch port monitoring

Viewing switch port status

You can obtain the parameters of switch ports used to connect to the Cloud Direct Connect service via the management console or by making an API request.

  1. Go to the VK Cloud management console.

  2. Select a project.

  3. Navigate to the Virtual Networks → Direct Connect section.

    The list of Direct Connect switch ports, their statuses, and related information will be displayed.

  4. Click on the name of the required port.

    On the General Information tab, the port parameters will be displayed:

    • name of the physical switch where the port is located
    • port status: Up or Down
    • incoming and outgoing traffic rate in bits per second
    • incoming and outgoing traffic rate in packets per second
    • optical power of the incoming and outgoing signal

Viewing status dashboards

  1. Go to the VK Cloud management console.

  2. Select a project.

  3. Navigate to the Virtual Networks → Direct Connect section.

    The list of Direct Connect switch ports, their statuses, and related information will be displayed.

  4. Click on the name of the required port.

  5. Navigate to the Monitoring tab.

  6. Configure the period for which data will be displayed on the graph.

    For the selected period, status graphs collected based on the following metrics will be displayed:

    • port status (Up or Down) and time of the last status flap
    • incoming and outgoing traffic rate in bits per second
    • incoming and outgoing traffic rate in packets per second
    • optical power of incoming and outgoing signals
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