HP A5830 Series Command Reference Manual page 11

The statistics cover only interfaces in the up state. If an interface type is specified, the command displays
traffic rate statistics for all up interfaces of the specified type. If no interface type is specified, the
command displays traffic rate statistics for all up interfaces that have traffic counters.
To set the statistics polling interval, use the flow-interval command. The default statistics polling interval is
five minutes.
Related commands: flow-interval.
Syntax
display counters rate { inbound | outbound } interface [ interface-type ] [ | { begin | exclude | include }
regular-expression ]
View
Any view
Default level
1: Monitor level
Parameters
inbound: Displays inbound traffic rate statistics.
outbound: Displays outbound traffic rate statistics.
interface-type: Specifies an interface type.
|: Filters command output by specifying a regular expression. For more information about regular
expressions, see Fundamentals Configuration Guide.
begin: Displays the first line that matches the specified regular expression and all lines that follow.
exclude: Displays all lines that do not match the specified regular expression.
include: Displays all lines that match the specified regular expression.
regular-expression: Specifies a regular expression, a case-sensitive string of 1 to 256 characters.
Example
# Display the inbound traffic rate statistics for all GigabitEthernet interfaces.
<Sysname> display counters rate inbound interface gigabitethernet
Interface
GE1/0/1
Overflow: more than 14 decimal digits.
--: not supported.
Table 2 Command output
Field
Interface
Total (pkts/sec)
Broadcast (pkts/sec)
Total(pkts/sec) Broadcast(pkts/sec)
0
Description
Abbreviated interface name
Average rate (in packets per second) of receiving or sending packets during
the sampling interval
Average rate (packets per second) of receiving or sending broadcast
packets during the sampling interval
--
4
Multicast(pkts/sec)
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