CONFIGURING THE SWITCH

Showing Port Statistics

You can display statistics on network traffic from the ports. These statistics can be used to identify potential problems with the switch (such as a faulty port or unusually heavy loading). All values displayed have been accumulated since the last system reboot, but can be reset to zero by clicking the CLEAR button. The current statistics are not displayed until you click the REFRESH button.

 

Table 4 Port Statistics

Parameter

Description

 

 

Interface Statistics

 

 

 

Received Octets

The total number of octets received on the interface,

 

including framing characters.

 

 

Received Unicast Packets

The number of subnetwork-unicast packets delivered

 

to a higher-layer protocol.

 

 

Received Errors

The number of inbound packets that contained errors

 

preventing them from being deliverable to a

 

higher-layer protocol.

 

 

Transmitted 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.

 

 

Transmitted 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.

 

 

Received High Priority

The total number of received packets that set as High

Packets

Priority in the QoS settings.

 

 

Transmitted High Priority

The total number of transmitted packets that set as

Packets

High Priority in the QoS settings.

 

 

Received Multicast Packets

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

 

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

 

multicast address at this sub-layer.

 

 

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SMC Networks SMCGS16-Smart, SMCGS24-Smart manual Showing Port Statistics

SMCGS24-Smart, SMCGS16-Smart specifications

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