Port Statistics - 3Com 1000 User Manual

Port Statistics

With the Switch Management screen displayed,
choose the management level Port, then select the
STATISTICS button. The Port Statistics screen is dis-
played, as shown in
statistics for the port, the Port Statistics screen
allows you access to traffic and error counter
screens.
If the port is an ATM OC-3c Module port, the ATM
Port Statistics screen is displayed. For more informa-
tion, refer to the "SuperStack
OC-3c Module User Guide".
The Port Statistics screen shows the following:
Port ID The ID of the port you are currently manag-
ing.
Bandwidth Used This counter provides a running
average of the bandwidth used by the port,
expressed as a percentage of the maximum band-
width available for the port. A sampling period of
one minute is used. The value gives an indication of
the general traffic level of the network. A high utili-
zation for single endstation segments is an indica-
tion that your network is operating efficiently.
However, if multiple endstations are connected to
this port and you see values of around 40% you
should reconsider the topology of your network
because each user will see degraded network per-
formance.
Figure 6-2. As well as showing
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II Switch ATM
Figure 6-2 Port Statistics screen
Frames Forwarded This counter provides a running
average of the proportion of frames received by the
port that are forwarded, expressed as a percentage
of all frames received by the port. A sampling
period of one minute is used.
Broadcast Frame Bandwidth This counter provides
a running average of the broadcast frame band-
width used by the port, expressed as a percentage
of the maximum bandwidth available for the port. A
sampling period of five seconds is used.
Error Frames This counter provides a running aver-
age of the number of errors per 10,000 frames
received by the port, expressed as a percentage.
Refer to the field description for Errors on
TRAFFIC STATISTICS Select this button to access
traffic counters for this port.
ERROR ANALYSIS Select this button to access
error counters for this port.
Port Statistics 6-3
page 6-5.