Use this window to view color-coded statistical information about each individual bridge port on
your device. The first four statistics are graphically displayed in color-coded form in the pie chart.
These statistics are updated with each poll to the device.
To access the Interface Statistics window from Device Manager, click on the desired port number
in the Device View and select Interface Statistics from the port menu.
To access this window from Console, select the desired port in the Port View
of the Properties tab or in a FlexView table, and use the right-click menu
option.
This window can
also be accessed from the Interface Summary window
by selecting the desired interface, and clicking
on Statistics.
Click the graphic for more information.
- Description
- Displays a description of the port and the type of interface followed by
the board and port number.
- Address
- Displays the physical address of the selected port.
- Type
-
Displays the type of interface.
- Pie Chart
- Displays interface statistics in a graphical pie-chart format.
- Received Packets
- Displays the type and number of packets received by the interface.
- Transmitted Packets
- Displays the type and number of packets transmitted by the interface.
- Unicast
- Displays the number of packets received/transmitted by the interface that had a
single, unique source or destination address.
- Non-Unicast
- Displays the number of packets received/transmitted by the interface that had a source or
destination address recognized by more than one device on the network segment. This field
includes a count of broadcast packets -- those recognized by all devices on a segment.
- Discarded
- Displays the number of packets received/transmitted by the interface that were discarded, even though no errors were detected.
If good packets are discarded, a busy network must need to free up buffer space.
This usually means that network traffic is overwhelming the device.
- Error
- Displays the number of received/transmitted packets that contained errors.
- Unknown Protocol
- Displays the number of received packets that were discarded
because of an unknown or unsupported protocol.
- Transmit Queue Size
-
Displays the length of the output packet queue, in packets. The availability of
device buffer space and the level of traffic on the target network determine how
large the output packet queue can grow before the device begins to discard packets.
- Packets Received
-
Displays the total number of packets received by the interface.
- Packets Transmitted
-
Displays the total number of packets transmitted by the interface.
Buttons
- Close
- Closes the window.
- Help
- Displays this Help topic.
Related Information
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