ifInOctets: 48948386 ifInUcastPkts: 220553 ifInNUCastPkts: 167895 ifInDiscards: 0 ifInErrors: 0 ifInUnknownProtos: 0 ifOutOctets: 27100789 ifOutUcastPkts: 441938 ifOutNUcastPkts: 218652 ifOutDiscards: 0 ifOutErrors: 0 ifStateChanges 1
Table 5-22 Interface Statistics (/stats/if)
Statistics Description
ifInOctets The total number of octets received on the interface, including framing characters.
ifInUcastPkts The number of packets, delivered by this sub-layer to a higher (sub- layer), which were not addressed to a multicast or broadcast address at this sub-layer.
ifInNUCastPkts The number of packets, delivered by this sub-layer to a higher (sub- layer), which were addressed to a multicast or broadcast address at this sub-layer. This object is deprecated in favor of ifInMulticastPkts and ifInBroadcastPkts.
ifInDiscards The number of inbound packets that were chosen to be discarded even though no errors had been detected to prevent their being delivered to a higher-layer protocol. One possible reason for discarding such a packet could be to free up buffer space.
ifInErrors For packet-oriented interfaces, the number of inbound packets that con- tained errors preventing them from being delivered to a higher-layer pro- tocol. For character-oriented or fixed-length interfaces, the number of inbound transmission units that contained errors preventing them from being deliverable to a higher-layer protocol.
ifInUnknownProtos For packet-oriented interfaces, the number of packets received via the interface which were discarded because of an unknown or unsupported protocol. For character-oriented or fixed-length interfaces which support protocol multiplexing the number of transmission units received via the interface which were discarded because of an unknown or unsupported protocol. For any interface which does not support protocol multiplexing, this counter will always
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framing characters.
ifOutUcastPkts The total number of packets that higher-level protocols requested to be transmitted, and which were not addressed to a multicast or broadcast address at this sub-layer, including those that were discarded or not sent. ifOutNUcastPkts The total number of packets that higher-level protocols requested to be
transmitted, and which were addressed to a multicast or broadcast address at this sub-layer, including those that were discarded or not sent. This object is deprecated in favor of ifOutMulticastPkts and ifOutBroadcastPkts.
ifOutDiscards The number of outbound packets, which were chosen to be discarded even though no errors had been detected to prevent their being transmit- ted. One possible reason for discarding such a packet could be to free up buffer space.
ifOutErrors For packet-oriented interfaces, the number of outbound packets that could not be transmitted because of errors. For character-oriented or fixed-length interfaces, the number of outbound transmission units that could not be transmitted because of errors.
ifStateChanges The number of times an interface has transitioned from either down to up or from up to down.
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/stats/l3/tcp
TCP Statistics
TCP statistics: tcpRtoAlgorithm: 4 tcpRtoMin: 0 tcpRtoMax: 240000 tcpMaxConn: 1600 tcpActiveOpens: 0 tcpPassiveOpens: 0 tcpAttemptFails: 0 tcpEstabResets: 0 tcpInSegs: 0 tcpOutSegs: 0 tcpRetransSegs: 0 tcpInErrs: 0 tcpCurBuff: 0 tcpCurConn: 6 tcpCurInConn: 0 tcpCurOutConn: 0 tcpCurLstnConn: 3 tcpOutRsts: 0 tcpAllocTCBFails: 0Table 5-23 TCP Statistics (/stats/l3/tcp)
Statistics Description
tcpRtoAlgorithm The algorithm used to determine the timeout value used for retransmit- ting unacknowledged octets.
tcpRtoMin The minimum value permitted by a TCP implementation for the retrans- mission timeout, measured in milliseconds. More refined semantics for objects of this type depend upon the algorithm used to determine the retransmission timeout. In particular, when the timeout algorithm is rsre(3), an object of this type has the semantics of the LBOUND quantity described in RFC 793.
tcpRtoMax The maximum value permitted by a TCP implementation for the retrans- mission timeout, measured in milliseconds. More refined semantics for objects of this type depend upon the algorithm used to determine the retransmission timeout. In particular, when the timeout algorithm is rsre(3), an object of this type has the semantics of the UBOUND quantity described in RFC 793.
tcpMaxConn The limit on the total number of TCP connections the entity (the switch) can support. In entities where the maximum number of connections is dynamic, this object should contain the value -1.
tcpActiveOpens The number of times TCP connections have made a direct transition to the SYN-SENT state from the CLOSED state.
tcpPassiveOpens The number of times TCP connections have made a direct transition to the SYN-RCVD state from the LISTEN state.
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the CLOSED state from either the SYN-SENT state or the SYN-RCVD state, plus the number of times TCP connections have made a direct tran- sition to the LISTEN state from the SYN-RCVD state.
tcpEstabResets The number of times TCP connections have made a direct transition to the CLOSED state from either the ESTABLISHED state or the CLOSE- WAIT state.
tcpInSegs The total number of segments received, including those received in error. This count includes segments received on currently established connec- tions.
tcpOutSegs The total number of segments sent, including those on current connec- tions but excluding those containing only retransmitted octets. tcpRetransSegs The total number of segments retransmitted - that is, the number of TCP
segments transmitted containing one or more previously transmitted octets. tcpInErrs The total number of segments received in error (for example, bad TCP
checksums).
tcpCurBuff The total number of outstanding memory allocations from heap by TCP protocol stack.
tcpCurConn The total number of outstanding TCP sessions that are currently opened. tcpCurInConn The total number of remotely-initiated TCP connections.
tcpCurOutConn The total number of switch-originated TCP connection requests. tcpCurLstnConn The total number of TCP ports on which the switch is listening. tcpOutRsts The number of TCP segments sent containing the RST flag. tcpAllocTCBFails
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