You can monitor the status of transceivers
in your physical appliance to enable easier installation and troubleshooting.
Diagnostics that can be viewed are transmitted bias current, transmitted
power, received power, transceiver temperature, and power supply
voltage. The following devices support transceiver monitoring.
PA-800 Series
PA-3200 Series
PA-5200 Series
PA-7000 Series
Use the Command Line Interface to run transceiver monitoring.
See the following table for all available CLI commands.
If you run commands on an incompatible transceiver, the
CLI will return n/a for any diagnostic
information it cannot read.
CLI
Definition
show transceiver <interface name>
View a summary of the specified transceiver
with values for each diagnostic.
Example:
admin@PA-7080> show transceiver ethernet11/25
The
CLI returns values for Temperature, Voltage, Current, Tx Power,
and Rx Power.
show transceiver-detail <interface name>
Receive more detailed transceiver specifications,
including vendor information and link lengths. The CLI also provides
more detailed diagnostic information.
show transceiver all
View a list of all active transceivers as well
as a summary of each of their diagnostics.
show transceiver-detail all
Get comprehensive details on each transceiver
in the device.
