Using the Telnet Console

Field

Description

 

 

Ex. Coll.

Excessive Collisions. The number of frames for which transmission failed

due to excessive collisions.

 

 

 

Single Coll.

Single Collision Frames. The number of successfully transmitted frames for

which transmission is inhibited by more than one collision.

 

 

 

Coll.

Total Collisions. An estimate of the total number of collisions on this network

segment.

 

 

 

To view an analysis of packet sizes and types

1.From the Main Menu, select Network Monitoring Port Packet Analysis and press Enter.

2.In the Port field, enter the port number to be analyzed.

3.Toggle the Interval field to suspend or to a value from 2 seconds to 1 minute. This field sets the interval at which the statistics are updated.

4.To clear the statistics and gather new, highlight CLEAR COUNTERS and press Enter.

The screen displays these statistics (RX indicates received and TX indicates transmitted).

Column

Description

 

 

Frame Size or Type

The size in octets (bytes) of frames or the type of frame transferred through the

switch.

 

 

 

Frame Counts

The total number of frames transferred through the switch, of the corresponding

size or type.

 

 

 

Frames/sec

The number of frames per second transferred through the switch, of the

corresponding size or type.

 

 

 

Total

The total number of bytes or frames received or transmitted.

 

 

Total/sec

The total number of bytes or frames received or transmitted per second.

 

 

Address Tables

To view the MAC address table

1.From the Main Menu, select Network Monitoring MAC Address Table and press Enter.

2.Toggle the Browse By field to ALL, MAC Address, Port, or VLAN. This sets a filter to determine which MAC addresses to display.

The ALL option specifies no filter.

The MAC Address option allows you to enter a specific address.

The Port option allows you to enter a port number

The VLAN option allows you to enter a VLAN name.

3.Highlight BROWSE and press Enter to populate the table.

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Intel ZT 8101 10/100 Address Tables, To view an analysis of packet sizes and types, To view the MAC address table

ZT 8101 10/100 specifications

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