Finisar Surveyor manual Expert View

Surveyor

User’s Guide

Expert View

Surveyor data view showing expert symptoms and expert counters for a time period.

Fragments

A counter showing the total number of packets received that were less than 64 octets and had either an FCS/CRC error or an Alignment Error.

Fast Ethernet

EEE802.3 compliant MII (Media Independent Interface) network. Capable of speeds up to 100 Mbps.

Frame

Sequence of contiguous bits bracketed by and including beginning and ending flag sequences. A recognizable sequence of bits within a data stream.

Frame Copy

A counter that records when a reporting Ring Station copies a frame containing the Ring Station’s own (duplicate) address.

Frame Rate

The speed at which frames are received/transmitted on the network.

Frequency

A counter that records events where the reporting Ring Station attempts to receive a frame containing an improper ring-clock frequency.

Frozen Window

Condition where the TCP/IP window size remains the same for all packets over a time period.

Good Frames

Frames that pass all alignment and CRC checks are counted as good frames.

GoTo

In the Filter window, “GoTo” shows jumps to levels within the capture filter. Selecting a level other than the current level in the action portion of a statement dia- log box creates a GoTo phrase in the Filter window. The object of the GoTo phrase is always a state in the filter.

Hex Pane

Portion of the Capture View window that displays the hex values of a packet stored in a capture file or capture buffer.

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