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The ATX Switch Chassis View
Figure 2-15. Interface Detail Window
Three informational fields appear in the upper portion of the window:
Description
Displays the interface description for the currently selected interface: Ethernet.
Address
Displays the MAC (physical) address of the selected interface.
Type
Displays the interface type of the selected port: ethernet-csmacd, sdlc, or other.
The lower portion of the window provides the following transmit and receive
statistics; note that the first four statistics are also graphically displayed in the pie
charts.
Unicast
Displays the number of packets transmitted to or received from this interface that
had a single, unique destination address. These statistics are displayed in the pie
chart, color-coded green.
Non-Unicast
Displays the number of packets transmitted to or received from this interface that
had a destination address that is recognized by more than one device on the
network segment. The multicast field includes a count of broadcast packets —
those that are recognized by all devices on a segment. These statistics are
displayed in the pie chart, color-coded dark blue.
Managing the Hub
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