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HAPTER
Displaying Information About Ports
Octets – The number of received and transmitted bytes (good and
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bad), including Frame Check Sequence, but excluding framing bits.
Unicast – The number of received and transmitted unicast packets
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(good and bad).
Multicast – The number of received and transmitted multicast
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packets (good and bad).
Broadcast – The number of received and transmitted broadcast
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packets (good and bad).
Pause – A count of the MAC Control frames received or transmitted
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on this port that have an opcode indicating a PAUSE operation.
Receive/Transmit Size Counters – The number of received and
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transmitted packets (good and bad) split into categories based on their
respective frame sizes.
Receive/Transmit Queue Counters – The number of received and
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transmitted packets per input and output queue.
Receive Error Counters
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Rx Drops – The number of inbound packets which were discarded
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even though no errors had been detected to prevent their being
delivered to a higher-layer protocol. One possible reason for
discarding such a packet could be to free up buffer space.
Rx CRC/Alignment – The number of frames received with CRC or
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alignment errors.
Rx Undersize – The total number of frames received that were less
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than 64 octets long (excluding framing bits, but including FCS
octets) and were otherwise well formed.
Rx Oversize – The total number of frames received that were
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longer than the configured maximum frame length for this port
(excluding framing bits, but including FCS octets) and were
otherwise well formed.
Rx Fragments – The total number of frames received that were
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less than 64 octets in length (excluding framing bits, but including
FCS octets) and had either an FCS or alignment error.
Rx Jabber – The total number of frames received that were longer
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than the configured maximum frame length for this port (excluding
framing bits, but including FCS octets), and had either an FCS or
alignment error.
Rx Filtered – The number of received frames filtered by the
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forwarding process.
Transmit Error Counters
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Tx Drops – The number of frames dropped due to output buffer
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congestion.
Tx Late/Exc. Coll. – The number of frames dropped due to late or
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excessive collisions.
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