Interface Statistics Screen Fields

Alignment Errors - Alignment errors are packets that are misaligned. A misaligned packet is one that contains a non-integral number of bytes.

Runt Packets - Runt packets are packets smaller than the minimum Ethernet frame size of 64 bytes, not including preamble.

Giant Packets - Giant packets are those whose size exceeds the maximum Ethernet frame size of 1,518 bytes, not including preamble.

NOTE

A complete breakdown of In Errors may be obtained from the ESXMIM RMON MIB. Refer to your remote management package documentation for instructions on how to obtain this breakdown.

Out Octets

This field displays the number of octets (bytes) transmitted by the interface.

Out Unicast Pkts

This field displays the number of unicast packets (packets destined for one specific address) transmitted by the interface.

Out Nonucast

This field displays the number of non-unicast packets (multicast and broadcast packets – packets destined for more than one address) transmitted by the interface.

Out Discards

This field displays the total number of packets discarded by the interface due to a lack of available resources.

Out Errors

This field displays the total number of errors for a given interface.

Update-Freq

Use this field to select the time interval between Network/Slot/Port counter updates. You can select update intervals in increments of 3 seconds, with the maximum interval being 99 seconds.

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