CONFIGURING THE SWITCH

Parameter

Description

 

 

Received Errors

The number of inbound packets that contained

 

errors preventing them from being deliverable to

 

a higher-layer protocol.

 

 

Transmit Octets

The total number of octets transmitted out of the

 

interface, including framing characters.

 

 

Transmit Unicast

The total number of packets that higher-level

Packets

protocols requested be transmitted to a

 

subnetwork-unicast address, including those that

 

were discarded or not sent.

 

 

Transmit Multicast

The total number of packets that higher-level

Packets

protocols requested be transmitted, and which

 

were addressed to a multicast address at this

 

sub-layer, including those that were discarded or

 

not sent.

 

 

Transmit Broadcast

The total number of packets that higher-level

Packets

protocols requested be transmitted, and which

 

were addressed to a broadcast address at this

 

sub-layer, including those that were discarded or

 

not sent.

 

 

Transmit Discarded

The number of outbound packets which were

Packets

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.

 

 

Transmit Errors

The number of outbound packets that could not

 

be transmitted because of errors.

 

 

Etherlike Statistics

 

 

 

Alignment Errors

The number of alignment errors

 

(missynchronized data packets).

 

 

Late Collisions

The number of times that a collision is detected

 

later than 512 bit-times into the transmission of a

 

packet.

 

 

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10/100/1000 SMCGS8P-Smart specifications

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