Checking Port Status and Counters

Example: SHOW PORT COUNTERS Display

The following example shows how to generate a port counters display:

Local> SHOW PORT 1 COUNTERS

Port 1:

Joe Smith

Server:

Servername

Seconds Since Zeroed:

1182768

Local Accesses:

17

Framing Errors:

0

Remote Accesses:

0

Parity Errors:

0

Overrun Errors:

0

SHOW/MONITOR PORT COUNTERS Display Fields

The following table describes the information in the port counters display:

Field

Description

 

 

Port n

Number n of the port. The text that follows the number

 

of the port is any associated user name or the name of

 

the port as established for the port characteristic

 

NAME, if no user name was supplied.

Server

Specifies a 1- to 16-character name for the access

 

server.

Seconds Since Zeroed

Number of seconds since the counters were last set to

 

zero.

Framing Errors

Number of bytes received at the port with illegally

 

formatted frames. If this value accumulates to greater

 

than about 20 errors per day on any one port, you

 

might have port line problems. Refer to the

 

troubleshooting procedures in the Network Access

 

Server Problem Solving manual.

Parity Errors

Number of bytes received with parity errors at the

 

port. If this value accumulates to greater than about 20

 

errors per day on any one port, you might have port

 

line problems. Refer to the troubleshooting

 

procedures in the Network Access Server Problem

 

Solving manual.

 

 

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