Managing Ethernet MicroLAN Switches

Statistics Defined

The Statistics window displays the statistical counts accumulated since the Ethernet MicroLAN Module was last reset; the following information is displayed:

Active Users

Displays the number of users (identified by MAC [Ethernet] address) communicating via a port on the Ethernet MicroLAN Module. For an individual port, the number of Active Users can tell you whether the port is supporting a station or trunk connection.

Bytes

Displays the total number of bytes – including error packets – that have been processed by the selected repeater, board, or port. Note that this byte count includes errors.

Broadcasts

Displays the total number of broadcast frames that have been processed by the repeater, board, or port. Broadcast packets have a single address recognized by each station on the net; this address is designated in IP address form as 255.255.255.255, or in MAC hexadecimal form as FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF. ARP and RARP requests sent by bridges and routers are broadcast messages.

Packets

Displays the total number of packets processed by the repeater, board, or port. Again, note that the packet count includes errors.

Collisions

Displays the combined number of transmit and receive collisions detected by the repeater, board, or port. Transmit collisions are those the Ethernet MicroLAN Module detects while transmitting a packet, which means the Ethernet MicroLAN Switch has transmitted one of the colliding packets; receive collisions are those detected by the Ethernet MicroLAN Switch while it is receiving a transmission.

Hard Errors

 

OOW Collisions

Displays the number of collisions out of the standard

 

collision window (51.2 µs) experienced by the repeater,

 

board, or port. Out-of-window collisions typically

 

indicate a network design flaw.

Giants

Displays the number of giant packets that the repeater,

 

board, or port has detected. A giant packet exceeds the

 

maximum Ethernet frame size of 1518 bytes (excluding

 

the preamble).

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Enterasys Networks 2000 manual Statistics Defined, Active Users, Broadcasts, Collisions, Hard Errors

2000 specifications

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