BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide 101953-1001810-01Chapter38Remote Network MonitoringIn this chapter• Basic management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019• RMON support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1020Basic managementThis chapter describes the remote monitoring features available on Brocade products.The following sections contain procedures for basic system management tasks.Viewing system informationYou can access software and hardware specifics for a BigIron RX.To view the software and hardware details for the system, enter the show version command.BigIron RX# show versionSyntax: show versionViewing configuration informationYou can view a variety of configuration details and statistics with the show option. The show optionprovides a convenient way to check configuration changes before saving them to flash.The show options available will vary for the BigIron RX and by configuration level.To determine the available show commands for the system or a specific level of the CLI, enter thefollowing command.BigIron RX# show ?Syntax: show <option>You also can enter “show” at the command prompt, then press the TAB key.Viewing port statisticsPort statistics are polled by default every 10 seconds.You can view statistics for ports by entering the following show commands:• show interfaces• show configuration
