The ATX Switch Chassis View
Figure 2-15. Interface Detail Window
Three informational fields appear in the upper portion of the window:
Description
Displays the interface description for the currently selected interface: Ethernet.
Address
Displays the MAC (physical) address of the selected interface.
Type
Displays the interface type of the selected port:
Unicast
Displays the number of packets transmitted to or received from this interface that had a single, unique destination address. These statistics are displayed in the pie chart,
Non-Unicast
Displays the number of packets transmitted to or received from this interface that had a destination address that is recognized by more than one device on the network segment. The multicast field includes a count of broadcast packets — those that are recognized by all devices on a segment. These statistics are displayed in the pie chart,
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