InMcastPkts

Counted received multicast packets.

 

 

InBcastPkts

Counted received broadcast packets.

 

 

OutOctets

Counted transmitted octets.

 

 

OutUcastPkts

Counted transmitted unicast packets.

 

 

OutMcastPkts

Counted transmitted multicast packets.

 

 

OutBcastPkts

Counted transmitted broadcast packets.

 

 

Alignment Errors

A count of frames received that are not an integral number of octets in length

 

and do not pass the FCS check.

 

 

FCS Errors

Counted frames received that are an integral number of octets in length but

 

do not pass the FCS check.

 

 

Single Collision Frames

Counted frames that are involved in a single collision, and are subsequently

 

transmitted successfully.

 

 

Multiple Collision

A count of frames that are involved in more than one collision and are

Frames

subsequently transmitted successfully

 

 

SQE Test Errors

A count of times that the SQE TEST ERROR is received. The SQE TEST

 

ERROR is set in accordance with the rules for verification of the SQE

 

detection mechanism in the PLS Carrier Sense Function as described in

 

IEEE Std. 802.3, 2000 Edition, section 7.2.4.6.

 

 

Deferred Transmissions

A count of frames for which the first transmission attempt is delayed because

 

the medium is busy.

 

 

Late Collisions

Counted times that a collision is detected later than one slotTime into the

 

transmission of a packet.

 

 

Excessive Collisions

Counted frames for which transmission fails due to excessive collisions.

 

 

Internal MAC Tx Errors

Counted frames for which transmission fails due to an internal MAC sublayer

 

transmit error.

 

 

Carrier Sense Errors

The number of times that the carrier sense condition was lost or never

 

asserted when attempting to transmit a frame.

 

 

Oversize Packets

Counted frames received that exceed the maximum permitted frame size.

 

 

Internal MAC Rx Errors

Counted frames for which reception fails due to an internal MAC sublayer

 

receive error.

 

 

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5324 specifications

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