Graph – Asante Technologies 1000 User Manual

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Menus

Page 6-18

Graph

This menu allows you to view real-time statistical information — in a
graph format — on the SuperStack II Switch 1000, one of its VLAN
groups, or one of its ports.

Table 6-11 describes each field in the Graph menu.

Note: For instructions on using this menu, see “Viewing
Statistics” on page 4-18 or “Viewing Statistics for a VLAN
Group” on page 5-12.

Table 6-11 Graph Menu

Field

Description

Seconds

Drop-down menu; specifies the amount of time (in
seconds) that the device is polled for information.

Statistics

Drop-down menu; determines the object for which
statistics are gathered.

Device Statistics

Readable Frames — displays the total number

of good or readable frames (frames without
error).

Unicast Frames — displays the number of

frames seen by the card that is addressed to a
unicast (non-card) address.

Broadcast Frames — displays the total num-

ber of frames that were successfully received
and were directed to the broadcast group
address.

FCS Errors — displays the number of frames

that failed Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC).

Alignment Errors — displays the number of

frames that were an integral number of octets
in length and did not pass the FCS check.

FramesTooLong — displays the number of

frames that exceeded 1,518 bytes.

Short Events — displays the number of data

bursts (data less than 10 bytes in length).

Runts — displays the number of frames

shorter than 64 bytes.

TX Collision — displays the total number of

collisions that occurred when transmitting
from the device.

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