Ethernet Driver Statistics

TABLE 3-13describes the Ethernet driver statistics.

TABLE 3-13Ethernet Driver Statistics

Parameter

Description

Stable or Unstable

 

 

 

ipackets

Number of inbound packets.

Stable

ipackets64

64-bit version of ipackets.

Stable

ierrors

Total packets received that could not be processed

Stable

 

because they contained errors (long).

 

opackets

Total packets requested to be transmitted on the

Stable

 

interface.

 

opackets64

Total packets requested to be transmitted on the

Stable

 

interface (64-bit).

 

oerrors

Total packets that were not successfully

Stable

 

transmitted because of errors (long).

 

rbytes

Total bytes successfully received on the interface.

Stable

rbytes64

Total bytes successfully received on the interface

Stable

 

(64-bit).

 

obytes

Total bytes requested to be transmitted on the

Stable

 

interface.

 

obytes64

Total bytes requested to be transmitted on the

Stable

 

interface (64-bit).

 

multircv

Multicast packets successfully received, including

Stable

 

group and functional addresses (long).

 

multixmt

Multicast packets requested to be transmitted,

Stable

 

including group and functional addresses (long).

 

brdcstrcv

Broadcast packets successfully received (long).

Stable

brdcstxmt

Broadcast packets requested to be transmitted

Stable

 

(long).

 

norcvbuf

Times a valid incoming packet was known to have

Stable

 

been discarded because no buffer could be

 

 

allocated for receive (long).

 

noxmtbuf

Packets discarded on output because transmit

Stable

 

buffer was busy, or no buffer could be allocated for

 

 

transmit (long).

 

 

 

 

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