The Monitoring > Ports > Port Monitoring page enables you to track and monitor the port parameters (interface details) like type of interface, description, port status, port type of the switch. All operate in similar ways, by connecting different devices through their physical ports. Most computer network switches fall into one of two categories, data link layer and multilayer switches. The former use the MAC addresses of devices to direct traffic to the appropriate destination, while the. Switch View - Displays a snapshot of the ports on the device. CPU and Memory Utilization - Displays CPU usage on the processors on each core, every 5 minutes, every 1 minute and every 5 seconds. Hover over the graph to view. You can view the status of each port and the statistics of the devices connected to the switch, access the switch configuration, review and modify the configuration, and track how the switch is performing against key metrics that matter to you. Whether managing a small office or a large enterprise, visibility into port performance helps prevent issues like hardware faults, congestion, or unauthorized access from escalating into major disruptions. Investing in switch port monitoring improves network-related performance across your. With the switch port monitoring software PRTG, you'll immediately see if a port is open.