Chapter 11: The Interface Statistics Screen
11.1INTERFACE STATISTICS SCREEN FIELDS
The following list describes the Interface Statistics screen fields:
In Octets
This field displays the number of octets (bytes) received by the interface.
In Unicast Pkts
This field displays the number of unicast packets (packets destined for one specific address) received on the interface.
In Nonucast Pkts
This field displays the number of
In Discards
This field displays the total number of packets discarded by the interface due to a lack of available resources.
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For interface 7, the BRIM port, the In Discards field displays the number of times the ESXMIM had to discard packets - any number of packets - received on the interface.
In Errors
This field displays the total number of errors received on the interface. The number displayed in the In Errors display field can be composed of the following errors:
•Out Of Window (OOW) collisions - Collisions caused by a station on the network violating Carrier Sense and transmitting at will, a
cable failure occurring during the transmission of a packet, or network propagation delay greater than 51.2 ∝s.
•Cyclical Redundancy Check (CRC) errors - Errors in the
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