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Local Management: Overview, Setup, and Navigation
Interface Statistics Screen Fields
The following information briefly explains each Interface Statistics Screen field.
Interface (Read-only)
This field displays a unique value for each interface. Its value ranges between 1
and the value of ifNumber. The value for each interface must remain constant at
least from one re-initialization of the entity’s network management system to the
next re- initialization.
Name (Read-only)
This field displays the type of interface, distinguished according to the
physical/link protocol(s) immediately.
InOctets (Read-only)
This field displays the total number of octets received on the interface, including
framing characters.
InUnicast (Read-only)
This field displays the number of subnetwork-unicast packets delivered to a
higher-layer protocol.
InNonUnicast (Read-only)
This field displays the number of non-unicast (i.e., subnetwork- broadcast or
subnetwork-multicast) packets delivered to a higher-layer protocol.
InDiscards (Read-only)
This field displays the number of inbound packets that were chosen to be
discarded even though no errors had been detected to prevent their being
deliverable to a higher-layer protocol. One possible reason for discarding such a
packet could be to free up buffer space.
InErrors (Read-only)
This field displays the number of inbound packets that contained errors
preventing them from being deliverable to a higher-layer protocol.
InUnknownProtos (Read-only)
This field displays the number of packets received via the interface that were
discarded because of an unknown or unsupported protocol.
OutOctets (Read-only)
This field displays the total number of octets transmitted out of the interface,
including framing characters.
