Monitoring Ethernet Bridge Statistics

The following table describes the data displayed on the Bridge Statistics Menu.

Field

Definition

 

 

Rx Bytes

The number of bytes received.

 

 

Rx Frames

The number of frames received.

 

 

Rx MCASTS

The number of multicast frames received.

 

 

Rx Errors

The number of errored frames received.

 

 

Rx Runts

The number of frames received that are smaller than the Ethernet

 

minimum of 64 bytes.

 

 

Rx MTU Ex

The number of frames received that exceed the Maximum Transmit Unit

 

size of 1518 bytes.

 

 

Tx Bytes

The number of bytes transmitted.

 

 

Tx Frames

The number of frames transmitted.

 

 

Tx MCASTS

The number of multicast frames transmitted.

 

 

Tx Ex Cols

The number of excessive collision events that have occurred - frame

 

dropped because of 16 consecutive collisions.

 

 

TX Discards

The number of frames dropped due to a buffer overflow.

 

 

Entries Learned

The number of entries learned on the LAN port and added to the bridging

 

table.

 

 

Entries Not Learned

The number of entries in the bridging table that were not learned because

 

the table was full.

 

 

LAN Filtered Frames

The number of frames filtered on the LAN port by the bridging process.

 

 

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