CLI Commands B-41
Address Mask Replies - sum of these messages sent
show interface<interface_name>counters
Displays counters for the specified interface.
INPUT COUNTERS
Octets - bytes received
Ucast - Unicast packets received
MultiCast - Multicast packets received
BroadCast - broadcast packets received
Discards - Number of inbound packets which were chosen to be discarded
even though no errors had been dete cted to prevent their being deliverable
to a higher-layer protocol. One possible reason for discarding such a packet
could be to free up buffer space.
Errors - For packet-oriented interfaces, the number of inbound packets that
contained errors preventing them from being deliver able to a higher-layer
protocol. For character-oriented or fixed-length interfac es, the number of
inbound transmission units that contained errors prevent ing them from
being deliverable to a number of inbound tr ansmission units that contained
higher-layer protocol.
Unknown Prot - unknown protocol in packet
OUTPUT COUNTERS
Octets - bytes transmitted
Ucast - unicast packets transmitted
MultiCast - multicast packets transmitted
Discards - Number of outbound packets which were chosen to be
discarded even though no errors had been detected to prevent their being
transmitted. One possible reason for discarding such a packet could be to
free up buffer space.
Errors - For packet-oriented interfaces, the number of outbound packets
that could not be transmitted because of er rors. For character-oriented or
fixed-length interfaces, the number of outbound transmission units that
could not be transmitted because of errors.
Out QLen - length of the output packet queue (in pack ets)
show interface<interface_name>
settings
Displays settings for the specified interface. The settings displayed depend on the
interface you specify, and so will not be shown here.
show ip counters Displays system wide IP network statistics.
INPUT COUNTERS
Total Input Datagrams - sum of IP datagrams received
Bad Headers - number of datagrams with ba d headers
Bad Addresses - number of datagrams with bad addresses