Port Diagnostics dialog box parameters
Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
Octets inbound | Displays the number of octets received by the port. |
Octets outbound | Displays the number of octets sent by the port. |
Unicast packets inbound | Displays the number of unicast packets received by the port. |
Unicast packets outbound | Displays the number of unicast packets sent by the port. |
Non-unicast packets inbound | Displays the number of multicast packets received by the port. |
Non-unicast packets outbound | Displays the number of multicast packets sent by the port. |
Packets discards inbound | Displays the number of inbound packets that were discarded. |
Packets discards outbound | Displays the number of outbound packets that were discarded. |
Packets with errors inbound | Displays the number of inbound packets that contain errors. |
Packets with errors outbound | Displays the number of outbound packets that contain errors. |
Unknown protocol packets inbound | Displays the number of inbound packets with unknown protocols. |
Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
Alignment errors | Displays the number of frames received that are not an integral
number of octets in length. |
FCS errors | Displays Frame Check Sequence errors. The number of frames received
that do not pass the FCS check. |
Single collisions | Displays the number of single collisions. |
Multiple collisions | Displays the number of multiple collisions. |
SQE test errors | Displays the number of times that the Signal Quality Error (SQE) TEST
ERROR message is generated. |
Deferred transmissions | Displays count of transmissions deferred by busy network. |
Late collisions | Displays the number of late collisions. |
Excessive collisions | Displays the number of frames for which transmission fails due to
excessive collisions. |
MAC transmit errors | Displays the number of frames that failed to transmit due to an
internal MAC sublayer transmit error. |
MAC receive errors | Displays the number of frames that failed to be received due to an
internal MAC sublayer receive error. |
Carrier sense | Displays the number of times the carrier sense condition was lost or
never asserted when attempting to transmit a frame. |
Frame too long | Displays the number of frames received that exceed the maximum
permitted frame size. |
Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
Reset Counters | Sets the interface and media counter values to zero and updates the
values displayed with the current counter values. This parameter is not available while offline. |
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