Network layer host table view, Network layer host table view -25 – Finisar Surveyor User Manual

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Views

Data Views

6

Network Layer Host Table View

From Detail View, click on the

button to open a window with Network Layer

Host Table View. From Summary View, set the view preferences to

Network Layer

Host Table

to see this view in the first tab.

Network Layer Host Table View is available as a chart showing the ten network
stations with the most traffic or as a table showing all network stations. Click on the
tab at the bottom of the window to select

Table

or

Chart

.

The station address and name are provided in the table or chart. The name and
address will be the same if Surveyor does not have a name table with an address-to-
name correspondence for this station.

Chart

Network Layer Host Table View as a chart shows only ten network stations. The ten
stations displayed are those transmitting the largest relative percentage of frames.
The chart can be customized to show the “top ten” stations based on a different
station information field. The

Bar

and

Pie

buttons toggle the type of graphic display.

The Pause/Resume button allows you to pause or resume real-time update of the
graph.

Rel % Frames Out

Percentage of frames sent by this MAC station relative to the total
number of frames

Bytes In

Number of bytes received by the MAC station

Rel % Bytes In

Percentage of bytes received by this MAC station relative to the total
number of bytes

Abs % Bytes In

Percentage of bytes received by this MAC station relative to the total
network capacity (measured in bytes)

Avg. Size In

Average number of bytes contained within frames received by the
MAC station

Bytes Out

Number of bytes sent by the MAC station

Rel % Bytes Out

Percentage of bytes sent by this MAC station relative to the total num-
ber of bytes

Abs % Bytes Out

Percentage of bytes sent by this MAC station relative to the total net-
work capacity (measured in bytes)

Errors Out

Number of transmittal errors generated by the MAC station

Broadcast Out

Number of broadcast frames generated by the MAC station

Multicast Out

Number of multicast frames generated by the MAC station

Table 6-11. Host Table View, Table Column Descriptions (continued)

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