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information to the other ports (slave ports). For more information, see “Set and Save Clock Synchronization Mode” on page 120 in the Management Guide

Viewing Network At any time after configuring the CoreBuilder 7000 family ATM switch,

Statisticsyou can view the available statistics to see how the network is functioning. For example, you may want to display the general statistics for an overview of the network, or the signalling statistics for protocol information on specific ports. Table 17 lists the types of statistics available. To view a specific statistic, enter the menu path shown in the table. For more information, see the CoreBuilder 7000 Family ATM Switch Management Guide.

Table 17 Statistics Available

Menu Option

Path

Description

 

 

 

Display General Statistics

(4) STS: Statistics

Displays statistical totals for the switch.

 

(1)

GEN: General switch stats

 

Display Physical Layer

(4) STS: Statistics

Displays the physical layer statistics for a specified

Statistics

(2)

PHY: Physical layer

port.

Reset Physical-Layer

(4) STS: Statistics

Resets physical statistics counters.

Statistics

(8)

PHR: Phy layer-reset counters

 

Display ATM-Layer Port

(4) STS: Statistics

Displays the ATM layer statistics for a specified

Statistics

(3)

ATM: ATM layer

port. Provides information on the capacity of traffic

 

(1) PRT: Stats per port

within ports.

Reset ATM-Layer Port

(4) STS: Statistics

Resets the ATM-layer counters for a specified port.

Statistics

(9)

ATR: ATM layer-reset counters

 

 

(1) PRT: Reset counters per port

 

Display ATM-Layer VPI/VCI

(4) STS: Statistics

Displays the ATM layer statistics for a VPI/VCI of a

Statistics

(3)

ATM: ATM layer

specified port.

 

(2) VPC: Stats per VPI/VCI

 

Reset ATM-Layer VCI/VPI

(4) STS: Statistics

Resets counters for an individual and every VPI/VCI

Statistics

(9)

ATR: ATM layer-reset counters

for a specified port.

(2)VCC: Reset counters per

VPI/VCI

AAL5 Control Statistics

(4) STS: Statistics

Displays the control frames (AAL5 layer) statistics,

 

(5)

CTL: Control frames

including protocol information, for a specified port.

 

(1) GET: Get Control frames

 

Reset AAL5-Layer Control

(4) STS: Statistics

Resets AAL5-layer control statistics for a specified

Statistics

(5)

CTL: Control frames

port.

 

(2) RES: Reset Control frames

 

Display Signaling Protocol

(4) STS: Statistics

Displays the signaling protocol statistics for a

Statistics

(6)

SIG: Signaling

specified port.

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