Using the Console Interface

 

 

 

Table 3-21 describes the Port Statistics screen fields.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: In a stacked configuration, the Port Statistics screen appears in a slightly

 

 

 

 

 

 

different format when the port selected in the Unit/Port field is configured with

 

 

 

a gigabit MDA.

 

 

 

 

Table 3-21.

Port Statistics Screen Fields

 

 

Field

Description

 

 

Unit

Only appears if the switch is participating in a stack configuration. The field allows

 

 

 

you to select the number of the unit you want to view or configure. To view or

 

 

 

configure another unit, type its unit number and press [Enter], or press the

 

 

 

spacebar on your keyboard to toggle the unit numbers.

Port

Allows you to select the number of the port you want to view or reset to zero.

 

 

 

To view another port, type its port number and press [Enter], or press the spacebar

 

 

 

on your keyboard to toggle the port numbers.

Packets

Received column: Indicates the total number of packets received on this port,

 

 

 

including bad packets, broadcast packets, and multicast packets.

 

 

 

Transmitted column: Indicates the total number of packets transmitted successfully

 

 

 

on this port, including broadcast packets and multicast packets.

Multicasts

Received column: Indicates the total number of good multicast packets received on

 

 

 

this port, excluding broadcast packets.

 

 

 

Transmitted column: Indicates the total number of multicast packets transmitted

 

 

 

successfully on this port, excluding broadcast packets.

Broadcasts

Received column: Indicates the total number of good broadcast packets received

 

 

 

on this port.

 

 

 

Transmitted column: Indicates the total number of broadcast packets transmitted

 

 

 

successfully on this port.

Total Octets

Received column: Indicates the total number of octets of data (including data in

 

 

 

bad packets) received on this port, excluding framing bits but including FCS octets.

 

 

 

Transmitted column: Indicates the total number of octets of data transmitted

 

 

 

successfully on this port, including FCS octets.

Lost Packets

Received column: Indicates the total number of packets lost (discarded) when the

 

 

 

capacity of the port receive buffer was exceeded.

 

 

 

Transmitted column: Indicates the total number of packets lost (discarded) when

 

 

 

the capacity of the port transmit buffer was exceeded.

 

 

 

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