User Manual

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Mellanox Technologies
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11.4.1 Supported Standard Performance Counters
11.4.1.1 Proprietary Mellanox Adapter Traffic Counters
Proprietary Mellanox adapter traffic counter set consists of global traffic statistics which gather
information from ConnectX®-3 and ConnectX®-3 Pro network adapters, and includes traffic
statistics, and various types of error and indications from both the Physical Function and Virtual
Function.
Table 11 - Mellanox Adapter Traffic Counters
Mellanox Adapter Traffic Counters Description
Bytes IN
Bytes Received Shows the number of bytes received by the adapter. The counted bytes
include framing characters.
Bytes Received/Sec Shows the rate at which bytes are received by the adapter. The counted
bytes include framing characters.
Packets Received Shows the number of packets received by ConnectX-3 and ConnectX-
3Pro network interface.
Packets Received/Sec Shows the rate at which packets are received by ConnectX-3 and Con-
nectX-3Pro network interface.
Bytes/ Packets OUT
Bytes Sent Shows the number of bytes sent by the adapter. The counted bytes include
framing characters.
Bytes Sent/Sec Shows the rate at which bytes are sent by the adapter. The counted bytes
include framing characters.
Packets Sent Shows the number of packets sent by ConnectX-3 and ConnectX-3Pro
network interface.
Packets Sent/Sec Shows the rate at which packets are sent by ConnectX-3 and ConnectX-
3Pro network interface.
Bytes’ TOTAL
Bytes Total Shows the total of bytes handled by the adapter. The counted bytes
include framing characters.
Bytes Total/Sec Shows the total rate of bytes that are sent and received by the adapter. The
counted bytes include framing characters.
Packets Total Shows the total of packets handled by ConnectX-3 and ConnectX-3Pro
network interface.
Packets Total/Sec Shows the rate at which packets are sent and received by ConnectX-3 and
ConnectX-3Pro network interface.
Control Packets The total number of successfully received control frames
ERRORS, DROP, AND MISC. INDICATIONS