Cabletron Systems pmn User Manual

The following definitions explain each field of the Interface Statistics 
screen:

Interface (Read-only)

This field displays the Interface number for which statistics are currently 
being displayed. 

 shows the Interface field displaying 1. This 

represents the port number of the module chosen by the user in the 
selectable field at the bottom of the screen. To view other interface 
statistics, refer to 

.

Name (Read-only)

The Name field displays the type of interface for which statistics are 
being displayed. 

InOctets (Read-only)

This field displays the total number of octets (bytes) that have been 
received on the interface. This includes all octets from bad frames.

InUnicast (Read-only)

The InUnicast field displays the total number of frames received that had 
a unicast destination address.

InNonUnicast (Read-only)

This field displays the total number of frames received that had a 
broadcast or multicast destination address.

InDiscards (Read-only)

The InDiscards field displays the total number of inbound frames that 
were discarded, even though the frames contained no errors. This field 
may increment because the switch needed to free up buffer space, or the 
switch was being overutilized.

InErrors (Read-only)

This field displays the total number of inbound frames that have been 
discarded because they contained errors. This field represents the total 
number of errored frames, regardless of the cause of the error.

InUnknownProtos (Read-only)

The InUnknownProtos field displays the total number of frames that were 
discarded because the frames were in an unknown, or unsupported, 
format.