IF Statistics 4-7
Statistics
Figure4-3. The Interface Statistics Window
Three informational fields appear in the upper portion of the window:
Description
Displays the interface description for the currently selected port: Enet Port.
Address
Displays the MAC (physical) address of the selected port.
Type
Displays the interface type of the selected port: ethernet-csmacd, atm, or fddi.
The lower portion of the window provides the following transmit and receive
statistics; note that the first four statistics are also graphically displayed in the pie
charts.
Unicast
Displays the number of packets transmitted to or received from this interface that
had a single, unique destination address. These statistics are displayed in the pie
chart, color-coded green.
Non-Unicast
Displays the number of packets transmitted to or received from this interface that
had a destination address that is recognized by more than one device on the
network segment. The non-unicast field includes a count of broadcast packets —
those that are recognized by all devices on a segment. These statistics are
displayed in the pie chart, color-coded dark blue.