Packet analysis – Intel 460T User Manual

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Local Management

Packet Analysis

Description

This screen displays a breakdown of the traffic received on a port by size
and type of frame.

Select Port: Selects the port to view. Statistics are displayed one at a time.
Press the

z to toggle between the ports and the optional module.

Update interval: Press the

z to select the time period between

updates. For example, an update interval of 5 sec means the switch collects
and displays information every five seconds.

Length: Indicates the number of frames received of different lengths. This
also includes dropped frames and frames whose destination address is
mapped to the receiving port. It does not include frames that contain errors.

Frames

Unicast: The number of error-free unicast frames received and
transmitted on this port. Unicast frames are sent from one network
node to another network node.

Broadcast: The number of error-free broadcast frames received and
transmitted on this port. Broadcast frames are sent from one network
node to all nodes on a segment.

Multicast: Tthe number of error-free multicast frames received and
transmitted on this port. Multicast frames are sent from one node to
multiple nodes on the segment.

LOCATION

Main Menu

Monitoring

Packet Analysis

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