Cabletron Systems STHI User Manual

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The Device Statistics Screen
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5.8.3
General Counter Fields (Group 1)
Frames Received
1
This displays the number of frames received by the STHI.
KBytes Received
2
This displays the amount of data (in kilobytes) received by the STHI.
Errors Received
3
This displays the number of Isolating and Non-Isolating Errors (described 
below) detected on the ring.
Beacon States
4
This displays the number of beacon conditions detected on the ring. 
Stations transmit beacons when they detect bit streaming or signal loss on 
the ring.
Ring Purges
5
This displays the number of ring purge frames transmitted by the active 
monitor.
Active Monitor Changes
6
This displays the number of times the role of active monitor has been 
transferred between stations.
5.8.4
Ring Information Fields (Group 2)
Ring Information provides ring status information.
Active Monitor Addr 
1
This displays the MAC address of the current active monitor. The active 
monitor is the station designated (automatically by Token Ring protocol) 
to initiate recovery procedures in response to various error conditions.