Chapter 8 Performance

Table 36 Performance: Interface (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Rx Counters

The following fields display the types of packet counters received on this

 

interface.

 

 

Tx Counters

This following fields display the types of packet counters transmitted on this

 

interface.

 

 

Octets

Select this option to show the total number of octets received or transmitted.

 

 

Unicast Pkts

Select this option to show the total number of good unicast packets received or

 

transmitted that were dropped.

 

 

Non-unicast Pkts

Select this option to show the total number of good non-unicast packets received

 

or transmitted that were dropped.

 

 

Discard Pkts

Select this option to show the total number of packets received or transmitted that

 

were dropped.

 

 

Error Pkts

Select this option to show the total number of error packets received or

 

transmitted.

 

 

Multicast Pkts

Select this option to show the total number of good multicast packets received or

 

transmitted.

 

 

Broadcast Pkts

Select this option to show the total number of good broadcast packets received or

 

transmitted.

 

 

HC-Unicast Pkts

Select this option to show the number of unicast packets (High Capacity (HC) 64

 

~ 1518 octets long) dropped because they either had a bad Frame Check

 

Sequence (FCS) or non-integer number of octets (alignment error).

 

 

HC-Multicast Pkts

Select this option to show the number of multicast packets (High Capacity (HC) 64

 

~ 1518 octets long) dropped because they either had a bad Frame Check

 

Sequence (FCS) or non-integer number of octets (alignment error).

 

 

HC-Broadcast

Select this option to show the number of broadcast packets (High Capacity (HC)

Pkts

64 ~ 1518 octets long) dropped because they either had a bad Frame Check

 

Sequence (FCS) or non-integer number of octets (alignment error).

 

 

Polling

The text box displays how often (in seconds) this screen refreshes. You may

 

change the refresh interval by typing a new number in the text box and then

 

clicking Apply.

 

 

Close

Click Close to close this screen.

 

 

Reset Counters

Click Reset Counters to clear the counters.

 

 

Graph

Click the Graph button to create a graph based on the above selections.

 

 

Table

Click the Table button to create a table based on the above selections.

 

 

Close

Click Close to close the screen.

 

 

8.2 RMON Ethernet Statistics

Use this screen to look at network traffic on an Ethernet port since the last time the switch was reset. To open this screen, click Performance > RMON > Ethernet Statistics.

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