Virtual Technician

HPE’s Virtual Technician is a set of tools aimed at aiding network switch administrators in diagnosing and caring for their networks. VT provides tools for switch diagnoses when faced with unforeseen issues.

To improve the Virtual Technician features of our devices, HPE has added the following tools:

  • Cisco Discovery Protocol

  • Enabling Debug tracing for MOCANA code

  • User diagnostic crash via front panel security button

  • User diagnostic crash via the serial console

Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)

Show cdp traffic

Syntax

show cdp traffic

Description

Displays the number of Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) packets transmitted, received and dropped.

CDP frame Statistics

Port No|Transmitted Frames|Received Frames|Discarded Frames|Error Frames
-------  -----------------  --------------   ---------------  ---------
A1               46                  26              6           7
A2               30                  35              7           9
A3              120                 420              670       670

Clear cdp counters

Syntax

clear cdp counters

Description

Allows a user to clear CDP statistics.

Clear cdp counters

Port No|Transmitted Frames|Received Frames|Discarded Frames|Error Frames
-------  -----------------  --------------   ---------------  ---------
A1          46                   26                6              7
A2          30                   35                7              9
A3         120                  420               670            670