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Monitoring Port Utilization

Port utilization statistics provide insight into the traffic volume that goes through your ports. Use this information to monitor your ports usage, provision new higher capacity ports and migrate your connections to ensure sufficient bandwidth available for your services.

To view a port's utilization statistics:

  1. Sign in to the Customer Portal. From the global navigation menu, click Fabric.

  2. From the Ports menu, select Port Inventory.

  3. Locate and click the desired port to view its details.

  4. Scroll down to the Port Utilization section.

Set Port Bandwidth Threshold Alert​

You can set up an email alert to notify specific contacts within your company if the total bandwidth for all connections on any port reaches or exceeds a threshold percentage.

To enable port bandwidth threshold alert:

  1. Sign in to the Customer Portal. From the global navigation menu, click Fabric.

  2. From the Ports menu, select Port Inventory.

  3. Click Set Port Bandwidth Threshold Alert.

  4. Enter the percentage limit of the bandwidth using only whole numbers.

  5. Enter the recipient email address and click Save.

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    Click Add another email to add more recipients.

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Once you set the threshold details, you can edit the threshold percentage and change the email alert recipients, as required.