Pkts Tx – is the total number of RIP and SAP packets transmitted on the local interface.

Tx Completions – is the total number of successfully transmitted RIP and SAP packets that originated at the local node.

Pkts Rcv – is the total number of RIP and SAP packets received on the local interface.

Tx Pkts Filtered – is the number of packets denied transmission because of a filter configured on the interface.

Rcv Pkts Filtered – is the number of packets denied reception because of a filter configured on the interface.

Pkts Forwarded – is self-explanatory.

Echo Requests Rcv – is the number of Echo Requests received on the interface.

Echo Replies Rcv – is the number of replies to Echo Requests received on the interface.

Err_Type Pkts Rcv – is the number of Novell error packets received on the interface.

Pkts Discarded – is the number of packets discarded because the interface was down.

Pkts_2_Large Rcv – is the number of packets received that exceeded the Maximum Transmission Units configured for the interface. These packets are discarded.

Major/Minor Version – are the version numbers of the IPX stack.

Rcv Header Error – is the number of IPX packets received with incorrect header information. The header should be 30 bytes and contain network, node, and socket addresses for source and destination.

Ukn Sockets Rcv – is the number of socket numbers received that could not be identified. Some socket numbers (assigned by Novell) are:

0451

= NCP Process

0452

= SAP Process

0453

= RIP Process

0455

= NetBIOS Process

0456

= Diagnostics Process

 

 

Rcv BSys Discard through R_Decomp Errors – are not monitored by the FRX/ FRM, but are included in the statistics list because it is part of the IPX MIB. The

statistics in the list between the above two are:Bad Checksum Rcv, Local Rcv

Pkts, Path_Not Found, Local Tx Pkts, Bad Local Tx Pkts, Tx BSys Discard, Open Socket Fail, State Changes, Init Fail, Ms to Tx 1 Byte

R-RIPEnt-Filter– is the number of received RIP entries discarded due to a f ilter.

T-RIPEnt-Filter– is the number of transmitted RIP entries discarded due to a filter.

R-SAP Ent Filter – is the number of received SAP entries discarded due to a f ilter.

T-SAPEnt-Filter– is the number of transmitted SAP entries discarded due to a filter.

R-RIPPkt-Filter– is the number of received RIP packets discarded due to a RIP router filter.

T-RIPPkt-Filter– is the number of transmitted RIP packets discarded due to a RIP router filter.

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1800 specifications

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