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Chapter 2 Network Status Diagnostic Screens for all Explorer DHCTs
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The color of each row on the QAM Channel Status diagnostic screen represents one
of the following status types for the channel:
Gray—indicates an inactive channel
White—indicates an active channel with a nominal current condition and no
previous errors
Amber—indicates an active channel with a nominal current condition, but
previously had overflow errors
Red—indicates an active channel that is presently in an overflow condition
Screen Fields and Values
This section describes the fields and possible values that can appear in this
This section describes the fields and possible values that can appear in this
diagnostic screen.
Field
Name
Description
Possible Values
Chan
The DMA channel number
[Integer > 0]
% Full
The percentage of the current DMA
buffer that has already been filled
buffer that has already been filled
[Integer > 0]—expressed as a
percentage
percentage
Pkts RX
The total number of packets
received since the channel became
active
received since the channel became
active
[Integer > 0]
Pkts Avail The total number of packets that
passed all filtering and were made
available to the consumer since the
channel became active
available to the consumer since the
channel became active
[Integer > 0]
Overflows The total number of DMA buffer
overflows that have occurred since
the channel became active
the channel became active
0 [or a very low value]—desired
value
value
[Large value]—contact Cisco
Services
Services
Seconds
The number of seconds that the
channel has been active
channel has been active
[Integer > 0]