Intel® IXF1104 4-Port Gigabit Ethernet Media Access Controller

Table 94. MAC TX Statistics ($ Port_Index +0x40 – +0x58) (Sheet 3 of 4)

Name

Description

Address

Type1

Default

 

 

 

 

 

 

A count of successfully transmitted

 

 

 

 

frames on a particular interface where

 

 

 

 

the transmission is inhibited by exactly

 

 

 

 

one collision. A frame that is counted

 

 

 

 

by an instance of this object is also

 

 

 

TxSingleCollisions

counted by the corresponding instance

Port_Index +

R

0x00000000

of either the UnicastPkts,

0x4E

 

 

 

 

MulticastPkts, or BroadcastPkts, and is

 

 

 

 

not counted by the corresponding

 

 

 

 

instance of the MultipleCollisionFrames

 

 

 

 

object.

 

 

 

 

NOTE: NA - half-duplex only

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A count of successfully transmitted

 

 

 

 

frames on a particular interface for

 

 

 

 

which transmission is inhibited by more

 

 

 

 

than one collision. A frame that is

 

 

 

 

counted by an instance of this object is

 

 

 

TxMultipleCollisions

also counted by the corresponding

Port_Index +

R

0x00000000

instance of either the UnicastPkts,

0x4F

 

 

 

 

MulticastPkts, or BroadcastPkts, and is

 

 

 

 

not counted by the corresponding

 

 

 

 

instance of the SingleCollisionFrames

 

 

 

 

object.

 

 

 

 

NOTE: NA - half-duplex only

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The number of times a collision is

 

 

 

 

detected on a particular interface later

 

 

 

TxLateCollisions

than 512 bit-times into the transmission

Port_Index +

R

0x00000000

of a packet. Such frame are terminated

0x50

 

 

 

 

and discarded.

 

 

 

 

NOTE: NA - half-duplex only

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A count of frames, which collides 16

 

 

 

TxExcessiveCollisionErrors

times and is then discarded by the

Port_Index +

R

0x00000000

MAC. Not effecting xMultipleCollisions

0x51

 

 

 

 

NOTE: NA - half-duplex only

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of times frame transmission is

 

 

 

 

postponed more than 2*MaxFrameSize

 

 

 

 

because of another frame already

Port_Index +

 

 

TxExcessiveDeferralErrors

being transmitted on the Ethernet

R

0x00000000

0x52

 

network. This causes the MAC to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

discard the frame.

 

 

 

 

NOTE: NA - half-duplex only

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frame transmissions aborted by the

 

 

 

 

MAC because the frame is longer than

 

 

 

TxExcessiveLengthDrop

maximum frame size. These frames

Port_Index +

R

0x00000000

are truncated by the MAC when the

0x53

 

 

 

 

maximum frame size violation is

 

 

 

 

detected by the MAC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internal TX error that causes the MAC

 

 

 

 

to end the transmission before the end

 

 

 

 

of the frame because the MAC did not

Port_Index +

 

 

TxUnderrun

get the needed data in time for

R

0x00000000

0x54

 

transmission. The frames are lost and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a fragment or a CRC error is

 

 

 

 

transmitted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. RO = Read Only, No clear on Read; R = Read, Clear on Read; W = Write only; R/W = Read/Write, No clear; R/W/C = Read/Write, Clear on Write

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Document Number: 278757

Revision Number: 009

Revision Date: 27-Oct-2005

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IXF1104 specifications

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