Ring and station variables, General, Protocols – Cabletron Systems SPECTRUM TRMMIM User Manual

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Statistics

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Ring and Station Variables

For more information on using pie charts, graphs, and meters and understanding
how to read the information displayed, see the Charts, Graphs, and Meters
chapter in the SPMA Tools Guide.

A brief description of each of the variables available for both Ring and Station Pie
Charts, Graphs, and Meters follows in the

Ring and Station Variables

sections.

Ring and Station Variables

Although many of the variables are the same for Ring and Station Statistics, it is
important to note that these statistics are collected from different sources. The ring
statistics will reflect the activity of the entire ring, while the station statistics will
reflect the activity of only one station.

General

Errors

Indicates the total number of errors counted on the ring or received by the station.

Frames

Indicates the total number of frames received by the device from the ring or
station.

KBytes

Indicates the total number of kilobytes transmitted on the ring or from the station.

Protocols

Protocols are only available for Ring Pie Charts and Meters. Use the following
variables to display the number of packets counted on the ring of the following
protocols:

SNA

IBM’s System Network Architecture.

XNS

A Xerox protocol used in early Ethernet networks.

TCP/IP

A public domain set of protocols developed by the US
government.

Banyan

A proprietary protocol, VINES IP, used by Banyan’s
VINES network operating system.

IPX

One of the standard protocols for Novell networking
systems.

NetBIOS

Sytek, Inc., and IBM’s Network Basic Input Output
System, used by many application programs for network
communication.

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