Ethernet Driver Statistics

TABLE 3-13describes the Ethernet driver statistics.

TABLE 3-13Ethernet Driver Statistics

Parameter	Description	Stable or Unstable

ipackets	Number of inbound packets.	Stable
ipackets64	64-bit version of ipackets.	Stable
ierrors	Total packets received that could not be processed	Stable
	because they contained errors (long).
opackets	Total packets requested to be transmitted on the	Stable
	interface.
opackets64	Total packets requested to be transmitted on the	Stable
	interface (64-bit).
oerrors	Total packets that were not successfully	Stable
	transmitted because of errors (long).
rbytes	Total bytes successfully received on the interface.	Stable
rbytes64	Total bytes successfully received on the interface	Stable
	(64-bit).
obytes	Total bytes requested to be transmitted on the	Stable
	interface.
obytes64	Total bytes requested to be transmitted on the	Stable
	interface (64-bit).
multircv	Multicast packets successfully received, including	Stable
	group and functional addresses (long).
multixmt	Multicast packets requested to be transmitted,	Stable
	including group and functional addresses (long).
brdcstrcv	Broadcast packets successfully received (long).	Stable
brdcstxmt	Broadcast packets requested to be transmitted	Stable
	(long).
norcvbuf	Times a valid incoming packet was known to have	Stable
	been discarded because no buffer could be
	allocated for receive (long).
noxmtbuf	Packets discarded on output because transmit	Stable
	buffer was busy, or no buffer could be allocated for
	transmit (long).

44 Sun Crypto Accelerator 4000 Board Installation and User’s Guide • May 2003

4000 specifications

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