RAD Data comm RIC-155 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting and Diagnostics

Monitoring Performance 5-1
Chapter 5
Troubleshooting and
Diagnostics
This chapter describes the RIC-155 diagnostic functions, which include:
• Statistics collection
• Status indications
• Alarms.
5.1 Monitoring Performance
RIC-155 has capabilities for collection of the Ethernet and SDH/SONET statistics.
Displaying the Ethernet Statistics
Performance statistic data is collected for the primary Ethernet port of RIC-155.
 To display the Ethernet statistics:
1. From the Main menu, select Monitoring.
The Monitoring menu appears.
2. From the Monitoring menu, select Physical Ports Monitoring.
The Physical Ports Monitoring menu appears.
3. From the Physical Ports Monitoring menu, select Physical Port Statistics.
The Physical Port Statistics menu appears (see Figure 5-1).
4. From the Physical Port Statistics, select DATA Statistics to display the Ethernet
statistics collected for the primary Ethernet port.
The DATA Statistics screen appears (see Figure 5-2).
5. The DATA Statistics screen includes the following parameters:
 RX OK frames – Number of valid frames received by the DATA port
 TX OK frames – Number of valid frames transmitted by the DATA port
 Run time – Time elapsed since the last RIC-155 power-up or statistics
clearing.
 To clear Ethernet statistics:
• From the DATA Statistics, select Clear Statistics to clear all collected Ethernet
statistic data.
You can also clear all Ethernet and SDH/SONET statistic data by selecting Clear All
Statistics from the Physical Port Statistics menu.
Note