Media Converter Ports table – Plasma Cloud

The Plasma Cloud Console offers a comprehensive device table with vital insights into your network settings and infrastructure. The following article explains the meaning of each column in the Media Converter Port table.

Status

Indicates noteworthy port states and events.

Port

Displays the name and number of each port
Click a port name to open the Connectivity tab, which shows the connection associated with the selected port.

MAC Address

Displays the unique MAC address of the specific port.

Description

Displays user-added notes for each port (if any).

Connected Device

Shows which devices are connected to each port. An overview of connected device icons and their meanings can be found here.

Connected Port

Shows

Link Speed

Reports the speed of the wired connection.

Link Aggregation

Indicates whether the port is part of a the link aggregation group. The LAG name will be shown (i.e. LAG1) when aggregation is enabled.

Mirroring

Shows the mirroring source or destination port when mirroring is enabled.

PoE (only for PoE Media Converter)

Reports the amount of power the connected device draws via PoE, if any
Should a PoE fault be detected, it will be reported here.

Throttling

Indicates upload and download throughput limits if configured. To learn how to configure throttling on a port, please refer to this article.

Clients

Shows the number of downstream clients connected to this port. For example:
- If a camera is connected to the port, the client count will be 1.
- If an Access Point is connected to the port, with 5 WiFi clients connected to it, the downstream client count will be 6.

Unrestricted Traffic

When port isolation is enabled on a port, its traffic flow is limited. The Unrestricted Traffic column shows which ports remain accessible.

When a port isn't isolated or is the only isolated port, it can freely exchange traffic with all neighboring ports, denoted by 'All ports' in the table. For more details, please see this article.

SFP Transceiver

Shows the name and details of the connected SFP transceiver, if present.
Reports any detected SFP faults.

Link Events

Shows the number of Link up and Link down events recorded for the port since device boot.
Reports unusually frequent Link down events.

Transmission Errors

Shows the Laser Receive and Laser Transmit values.
Reports values that fall below or exceed the thresholds defined by the SFP transceiver.

Customize View options

Table columns can be shown or hidden based on your preferences using the view options menu located above the table. Initially, certain table columns are displayed by default while others remain hidden.

To view the Unrestricted Traffic column, the network needs to be configured with firmware version 4.0 or newer.

To view the Port MAC Address, SFP Transceiver, Link events and Transmission Error column, the network needs to be configured with firmware version 4.1 or newer.