User`s guide
MANAGING SYSTEM INVENTORY
Network
Intel Server Manager displays the following network information for a computer. Note that the
information displayed may vary slightly depending on the computer and operating system.
Network information
• Number of network adapters—The number of network adapters on the selected
computer.
• Manufacturer—The manufacturer of the network adapter.
• Node (MAC) address—The computer’s unique six-byte hexadecimal
MAC address.
• Status—Connection status.
•
TCP/IP address—The four-byte address assigned to the computer for communicating on
TCP/IP networks.
•
Subnet mask—The four-octet number (such as 255.255.255.0) that is paired with an IP
address. This number tells an IP router which octets in the IP address are the network ID
and which octets are the node ID.
• Default gateway—The IP address of the router that is configured as a default gateway
for
packets leaving the network.
• DHCP server—The IP address of the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server.
• DHCP lease obtained—The date and time the DHCP lease was obtained.
• DHCP lease expires—The date and time the DHCP lease expires.
•
DNS servers—The IP address for each Domain Name Service (DNS) server on your
network. You may have more than one.
• Primary WINS server—The IP address of the primary Windows Internet Naming
Service.
• Secondary WINS server—The IP address of the secondary Windows Internet Naming
Service.
Data statistics since startup
• Speed—The connection speed in megabytes per second.
• Bytes received—The number of bytes received by the computer.
• Bytes sent—The number of bytes transmitted from the computer.
• Packets received—The total number of network packets received at the computer since
startup. Because this number includes both unicast packets and broadcast packets, it will
not match the number displayed by the operating system in the Local Area Connection
Status dialog box.
• Packets sent—The number of network packets transmitted from the computer since
startup.
• Receive errors—The number of times since startup that the computer was unable to
receive a packet.
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