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Table 3-9 Port Statistics (Continued)

Parameter	Description

Transmit Multicast	The total number of packets that higher-level protocols
Packets	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 protocols
Packets	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 chosen
Packets	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.

FCS Errors	A count of frames received on a particular interface that
	are an integral number of octets in length but do not
	pass the FCS check. This count does not include frames
	received with frame-too-long or frame-too-short error.

Excessive Collisions	A count of frames for which transmission on a
	particular interface fails due to excessive collisions. This
	counter does not increment when the interface is
	operating in full-duplex mode.

Single Collision Frames	The number of successfully transmitted frames for
	which transmission is inhibited by exactly one collision.

Internal MAC Transmit	A count of frames for which transmission on a
Errors	particular interface fails due to an internal MAC
	sublayer transmit error.

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TigerSwitch specifications

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Table 3-9 Port Statistics (Continued)

Parameter

Etherlike Statistics

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