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Oversize

The number of packets received during this sampling interval that were longer than

 

1518 octets (excluding framing bits but including FCS octets) but were otherwise well

 

formed.

 

 

Fragments

The total number of packets received during this sampling interval that were less than

 

64 octets in length (excluding framing bits but including FCS octets) had either a bad

 

Frame Check Sequence (FCS) with an integral number of octets (FCS Error), or a bad

 

FCS with a non-integral number of octets (AlignmentError). It is normal for

 

etherHistoryFragments to increment because it counts both runts (which are normal

 

occurrences due to collisions) and noise hits.

 

 

Jabbers

The number of packets received during this sampling interval that were longer than

 

1518 octets (excluding framing bits but including FCS octets), and had either a bad

 

Frame Check Sequence (FCS) with an integral number of octets (FCS Error) or a bad

 

FCS with a non-integral number of octets (Alignment Error).

 

 

Dropped

The total number of events in which packets were dropped by the probe due to lack of

 

resources during this sampling interval. This number is not necessarily the number of

 

packets dropped, it is just the number of times this condition has been detected.

 

 

Collisions

The best estimate of the total number of collisions on this Ethernet segment during

 

this sampling interval.

 

 

rmon alarm

The rmon alarm Global Configuration mode command configures alarm conditions. To remove an alarm, use the no form of this command.

Syntax

rmon alarm index variable interval rthreshold fthreshold revent fevent [type type] [startup direction] [owner name]

no rmon alarm index

index—The alarm index. (Range: 1 - 65535)

variable—The object identifier of the particular variable to be sampled.

interval—The interval in seconds over which the data is sampled and compared with the rising and falling thresholds. (Range: 1 - 2147483648)

rthreshold—Rising Threshold. (Range: 1 - 4294967295)

fthreshold—Falling Threshold. (Range: 1 - 4294967295)

revent—The Event index used when a rising threshold is crossed.(Range: 1 - 65535)

fevent—The Event index used when a falling threshold is crossed. (Range: 1 - 65535)

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5324 specifications

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