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Table 5-7Interface Statistics for Port (/stats/port/if)

Statistics	Description
ifInUnknownProtos	For packet-oriented interfaces, the number of packets received via the
	interface which were discarded because of an unknown or unsupported
	protocol. For character-oriented or fixed-length interfaces which support
	protocol multiplexing, the number of transmission units received via the
	interface which were discarded because of an unknown or unsupported
	protocol. For any interface which does not support protocol multiplexing,
	this counter will always be 0.
ifOutOctets	The total number of octets transmitted out of the interface, including
	framing characters.
ifOutUcastPkts	The total number of packets that higher-level protocols requested to be
	transmitted, and which were not addressed to a multicast or broadcast
	address at this sub-layer, including those that were discarded or not sent.
ifOutBroadcastPkts	The total number of packets that higher-level protocols requested to be
	transmitted, and which were addressed to a broadcast address at this sub-
	layer, including those that were discarded or not sent. This object is a 64-
	bit version of ifOutBroadcastPkts.
ifOutMulticastPkts	The total number of packets that higher-level protocols requested to be
	transmitted, and which were addressed to a multicast address at this sub-
	layer, including those that were discarded or not sent. For a MAC layer
	protocol, this includes both Group and Functional addresses. This object
	is a 64-bit version of ifOutMulticastPkts.
ifOutDiscards	The number of outbound packets which were chosen to be discarded even
	though no errors had been detected to prevent their being transmitted.
	One possible reason for discarding such a packet could be to free up
	buffer space.
ifOutErrors	For packet-oriented interfaces, the number of outbound packets that
	could not be transmitted because of errors. For character-oriented or
	fixed-length interfaces, the number of outbound transmission units that
	could not be transmitted because of errors.

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