Enterasys Networks GatorMIM and GatorStar manual Address, Non-Unicast

The Gator Module View

Figure 2-9. Interface Detail Window

Three informational fields appear in the upper portion of the window:

Description

Displays the interface description for the currently selected interface.

Address

Displays the MAC (physical) address of the selected interface.

Type

Displays the interface type of the selected port (e.g., ethernet-csmacd).

The lower portion of the window provides the following transmit and receive statistics. 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 multicast 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.

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