Displaying Information About the Access Server

Field

Description

 

 

Frames Received

Number of datagram frames successfully

 

received by the access server, including

 

multicast frames.

Frames Sent

Number of datagram frames successfully

 

transmitted by the access server, including

 

multicast frames.

Multicast Bytes Rcv’d

Number of bytes received by the access server

 

in multicast frames, excluding Ethernet header

 

and CRC data.

Multicast Bytes Sent

Number of bytes transmitted by the access

 

server in multicast frames, excluding Ethernet

 

header and CRC data.

Multicast Frames Rcv’d

Number of multicast frames received by the

 

access server.

Multicast Frames Sent

Number of multicast frames sent by the access

 

server.

Frames Sent, Deferred

Number of times the access server deferred a

 

frame transmission because the data link was

 

in use. This value should be less than 20% of

 

the value for Frames Sent.

Frames Sent, 1 Collision

Number of times the access server successfully

 

transmitted a frame on the second attempt after

 

a collision during the first attempt. This value

 

should be less than 5% of the value for Frames

 

Sent.

Frames Sent,2+ Collisions

Number of times the access server successfully

 

sent a frame after collisions during the first two

 

or more attempts. This value should be less

 

than 5% of the value for Frames Sent.

Send Failures

Number of times the Ethernet interface aborted

 

a transmission request. If this count is nonzero,

 

refer to the Send Failure Reasons field for

 

more information. This counter should be 0 or

 

a low value such as 1 or 2 daily.

 

 

17-12 Managing the Access Server