CONFIGURING THE SWITCH

Note: RMON groups 2, 3 and 9 can only be accessed using SNMP management software such as SMC EliteView.

 

Table 3-9 Port Statistics

Parameter

Description

 

 

Interface Statistics

 

 

 

Received Octets

The total number of octets received on the interface,

 

including framing characters.

 

 

Received Unicast

The number of subnetwork-unicast packets delivered

Packets

to a higher-layer protocol.

 

 

Received Multicast

The number of packets, delivered by this sub-layer to a

Packets

higher (sub-)layer, which were addressed to a multicast

 

address at this sub-layer.

 

 

Received Broadcast

The number of packets, delivered by this sub-layer to a

Packets

higher (sub-)layer, which were addressed to a broadcast

 

address at this sub-layer.

 

 

Received Discarded

The number of inbound packets which were chosen to

Packets

be discarded even though no errors had been detected

 

to prevent their being deliverable to a higher-layer

 

protocol. One possible reason for discarding such a

 

packet could be to free up buffer space.

 

 

Received Unknown

The number of packets received via the interface which

Packets

were discarded because of an unknown or unsupported

 

protocol.

 

 

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 protocols

Packets

requested be transmitted to a subnetwork-unicast

 

address, including those that were discarded or not sent.

 

 

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