Nortel Networks 2300 manual 23x0# monitor port counters

86Configuring and Managing Ports and VLANs

To monitor port statistics, use the following command:

monitor port counters [octets packets receive-errors transmit-errors collisions receive-etherstats transmit-etherstats]

Statistics types are displayed in the following order by default:

•Octets

•Packets

•Receive errors

•Transmit errors

•Collisions

•Receive Ethernet statistics

•Transmit Ethernet statistics

Each type of statistic is displayed separately. Press the Spacebar to cycle through the displays for each type.

If you use an option to specify a statistic type, the display begins with that statistic type. You can use one statistic option with the command.

Use the keys listed in Table 4 to control the monitor display.

Table 4: Key Controls for Monitor Port Counters Display

Key	Effect on monitor display
Spacebar	Advances to the next statistics type.
Esc	Exits the monitor. WSS Software stops displaying the statistics
	and displays a new command prompt.
c	Clears the statistics counters for the currently displayed statistics
	type. The counters begin incrementing again.

To monitor port statistics beginning with octet statistics (the default), type the following command:

23x0# monitor port counters

As soon as you press Enter, WSS Software clears the window and displays statistics at the top of the window. In this

example, the octet statistics are displayed first.
Port	Status	Rx Octets	Tx Octets

===============================================================================

1 Up 27965420 34886544

...

To cycle the display to the next set of statistics, press the Spacebar. In this example, packet statistics are displayed next:

Port Status Rx Unicast Rx NonUnicast Tx Unicast Tx NonUnicast

===============================================================================

1 Up 54620 62144 68318 62556

...

(For information about the fields in the output, see the Nortel WLAN Security Switch 2300 Software Command

Reference.)

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