C H A P T E R 5 | Intel® NetStructure™ 470T and 470F Switches User Guide |
Packet Analysis
LOCATION
Main Menu
Monitoring
Packet Analysis
Description
Use this screen to view a breakdown of the traffic received on a port by size and type of frame.
Select port: Selects the port to view. You can view statistics for one port at a time. Press zto toggle between the ports.
Update interval: Selects the time period between updates (press z). For example, an update interval of 5 sec. means Local Management collects and displays information every five seconds.
Length: Displays the number of frames received, by frame length. This includes dropped frames and frames whose destination address is mapped to the receiving port. It does not include frames that contain errors.
Frames
Unicast Packets: Displays the number of good unicast frames received and transmitted on this port. Unicast frames are sent from one network node to another network node.
Multicast Packets: Displays the number of good multicast frames received and transmitted on this port. Multicast frames are sent from one node to multiple nodes on the segment.
Broadcast Packets: Displays the number of good broadcast frames received and transmitted on this port. Broadcast frames are sent from one network node to all nodes on a segment.
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