Chapter 5: Local Management

Oper Status (Read-only)

This field displays the current status of the interface. If this field displays “Testing”, no frames may be passed on this interface.

MTU (Read-only)

The MTU field displays the maximum frame size (in octets) that a frame may contain to be received or transmitted from this interface.

Speed (Read-only)

The Speed field displays the theoretical maximum amount of bandwidth that the interface can support in bits per second.

Link Status (Read-only)

This field displays the current link status of the interface. This field will read either “Link” or “No Link”.

Duplex Mode (Read-only)

This field indicates whether the interface is operating in normal or full duplex mode. This field will read either “Standard” or “Full Duplex”.

Interface [XX] (Command)

This command is used to enter an interface number for viewing statistics. For instructions on how to use this command, refer to Section 5.28.1.

CLEAR COUNTERS (Command)

This command is used to reset all statistic counters to zero. For details on how to use this field, refer to Section 5.28.2.

5.28.1 Displaying Interface Statistics

To display the statistics for any interface, proceed as follows:

1.Use the arrow keys to highlight the Interface [XX] field at the bottom of the screen.

2.Press the SPACE bar to increment (or press the DEL (delete) key to decrement) the interface number.

3.Press ENTER (neither the Interface # fields nor the statistics will change until ENTER is pressed).

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