Figure 2-15, Will – Enterasys Networks ENTERASYS ATX User Manual

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Managing the Hub

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The ATX Switch Chassis View

Figure 2-15. Interface Detail Window

Three informational fields appear in the upper portion of the window:

Description

Displays the interface description for the currently selected interface: Ethernet.

Address

Displays the MAC (physical) address of the selected interface.

Type

Displays the interface type of the selected port: ethernet-csmacd, sdlc, or other.
The lower portion of the window provides the following transmit and receive
statistics; note that the first four statistics are also graphically displayed in the pie
charts.

Unicast

Displays the number of packets transmitted to or received from this interface that
had a single, unique destination address. These statistics are displayed in the pie
chart, color-coded green.

Non-Unicast

Displays the number of packets transmitted to or received from this interface that
had a destination address that is recognized by more than one device on the
network segment. The multicast field includes a count of broadcast packets —
those that are recognized by all devices on a segment. These statistics are
displayed in the pie chart, color-coded dark blue.

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