Port Statistics

Using the Web Console

To view port utilization

1.In the left panel, click Network Monitoring.

2.In the top panel under Statistics, click Port Utilization.

3.To change the refresh interval, select a value from the drop-down menu.

4.To clear the gathered statistics, click Clear.

The screen displays these statistics.

	Column	Description

	Port	Identifies the port.

	Tx/sec	Displays the number of packets transmitted per second

	Rx/sec	Displays the number of packets received per second

	%Utilization	Displays the calculated the percentage of the total bandwidth being used by the
	%Utilization	device attached to the port.
		device attached to the port.

To view port error statistics

1.In the left panel, click Network Monitoring.

2.In the top panel under Statistics, click Port Error Packets.

3.In the Port field, select the port to view.

4.In the Interval field, select the interval for updating the statistics.

5.To clear the statistics and gather new information, click Clear.

The screen displays these statistics.

	Field	Description

	Rx Frames—Received packets

		Alignment. For 10 Mbps ports, the counter records CRC errors (FCS or
	CRC Error	alignment errors). For 100 Mbps ports, the counter records the sum of CRC
		errors and code errors (frames received with rxerror signal).

		Small. The total number of frames received that were shorter than 64 octets
	Undersize	long (excluding framing bits, but including FCS octets) and were otherwise
		well formed.

		Long. The total number of frames received that were longer than 1518
	Oversize	octets (excluding framing bits, but including FCS octets) and were otherwise
		well formed.

		Small with alignment error. The total number of frames received that were
	Fragment	shorter than 64 octets in length (excluding framing bits, but including FCS
		octets) and had either an FCS or an alignment error.

		Long with alignment error. The total number of frames received that were
	Jabber	longer than 1518 octets (excluding framing bits, but including FCS octets),
		and had either an FCS or an alignment error.

	Drop Pkts	Total dropped. The total number of events in which packets were dropped
	Drop Pkts	due to a lack of resources.
		due to a lack of resources.

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ZT 8101 10/100 specifications

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Models: ZT 8101 10/100

Using the Web Console

Port Statistics

To view port utilization

Column

To view port error statistics

Field

ZT 8101 10/100 specifications