Chapter 5

Statistics

Using Statistics; Viewing the Ring Station List; Monitoring Ring and Station Statistics, Ring Variables; Station Variables

Using Statistics

The statistics windows provide you with a variety of information about the ring as a whole and each station inserted into the ring, including traffic counts, total error counts, and error type breakdowns. These statistics can be displayed via a selection of pre-formatted pie charts, or you can design your own graphs or meters to display only the ring and station information you want to view.

NOTE

Graphing capabilities are provided by an application that is included in HP Network Node Manager and IBM NetView; therefore, graphs are only available when SPMA is run in conjunction with one of these network management platforms. If you are running SPMA in a stand-alone mode or in conjunction with SunNet Manager, no graphing capabilities are available and no graph-related options will be displayed on buttons or menus. Note that the screens displayed in this guide will include the graph-related options where they are available; please disregard these references if they do not apply.

To open the Ring/Stn Statistics window

from the icon:

1.Click on the appropriate Token Ring device icon to display the Icon menu.

2.Drag down to Statistics and release.

from the Hub View:

1.In the Hub View, click on the Device button to display the Device menu.

2.Drag down to Statistics and release.

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Cabletron Systems TRMMIM manual Using Statistics