User Guide

Monitoring the System
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GS716Tv3, GS724Tv4, and GS748Tv5 Smart Switches
Switch Statistics
The Switch Statistics screen displays detailed statistical information about the traffic the
switch handles.
To view the switch statistics, select Monitoring > Ports > Switch Statistics.
The following table describes the switch statistics displayed on the screen.
Table 70. Switch statistics
Field Description
ifIndex The interface index of the interface table entry associated with the
processor of this switch.
Octets Received The total number of octets of data received by the processor (excluding
framing bits, but including FCS octets).
Packets Received Without
Errors
The total number of packets (including broadcast packets and multicast
packets) received by the processor.
Unicast Packets Received The number of subnetwork-unicast packets delivered to a higher layer
protocol.
Multicast Packets Received The total number of packets received that were directed to a multicast
address. This number does not include packets directed to the
broadcast address.
Broadcast Packets Received The total number of packets received that were directed to the
broadcast address. This does not include multicast packets.
Receive Packets Discarded The number of inbound packets which were chosen to be discarded,
even though no errors had been detected, in order to prevent their
being delivered to a higher layer protocol. A possible reason for
discarding a packet could be to free up buffer space.
Octets Transmitted The total number of octets transmitted out of the interface, including
framing characters.
Packets Transmitted Without
Errors
The total number of packets transmitted out of the interface.
Unicast Packets Transmitted The total number of packets that higher level protocols requested be
transmitted to a subnetwork-unicast address, including those that were
discarded or not sent.
Multicast Packets
Transmitted
The total number of packets that higher level protocols requested be
transmitted to a Multicast address, including those that were discarded
or not sent.
Broadcast Packets
Transmitted
The total number of packets that higher-level protocols requested be
transmitted to the Broadcast address, including those that were
discarded or not sent.