Netgear XS728T – ProSAFE® 10 Gigabit Smart Managed Switch Guia Do Administrador

Last Frame Source. The source MAC Address attached to the most recently 
received EAPOL frame.

Invalid Frames Received. The number of unrecognized EAPOL frames received on 
this port.

Length Error Frames Received. The number of EAPOL frames with an invalid 
packet body length received on this port.

Response/ID Frames Received. The number of EAP respond ID frames that have 
been received on the port.

Response Frames Received. The number of valid EAP response frames received 
on the port.

Request/ID Frames Transmitted. The number of EAP requested ID frames 
transmitted through the port.

Request Frames Transmitted. The number of EAP request frames transmitted 
through the port.

Use the buttons at the top of the screen to perform the following actions:

To clear all the EAP counters for all ports on the switch, select the check box in the 
row heading and click Clear. The button resets all statistics for all ports to 0. 

To clear the counters for a specific port, select the check box associated with the port 
and click Clear.

Use the Cable Test screen to display information about the cables connected to switch ports. 
The Cable test is effective for interfaces which are sync at 10Gbps speed.

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Select Monitoring > Ports > Cable Test.

Select the interface for which cable data is to be displayed. 

This can be done by either clicking the check box by the required port or by entering the 
port name in the Go to Interface field and clicking Go.

Click Apply to execute the test per port.

The following fields are displayed: 

Cable Status:

Normal. The cable is working correctly. 

Open Cable. A cable is connected to the port, but it is not connected to the other 
side (no link). Open Cable status at close to 0M may indicate that no cable is 
inserted in the port.

Short Cable. There is an electrical short in the cable. 

Cable Test Failed. The cable status was not able to be determined. The cable 
might in fact be working.