Enterasys IRM2, User Manual

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Statistics
3-12 Performance Graph
transmitting without first listening for carrier
sense (and beginning its illegal transmission
more than 51.2 µs after the first station began
transmitting).
Nothing The Errors scale is not currently measuring any
type of error packets.
Packets
Packets The total number of good packets detected by
the device, board, or port. Remember, this packet
count does not include error packets.
Percent Load Reflects the network load generated by the
device, board, or port, compared to the
theoretical maximum load (10Mbits/s) of an
Ethernet network.
Nothing The Packets scale is not currently measuring the
number of packets coming through the device,
board, or port.
Configuring the Performance Graph
To configure the Performance Graphs:
1. Click on Collisions to display the error mode menu.
2. Drag to select the desired errors mode. The error mode you have chosen will
appear on the face of the button; the Performance Graph will refresh to zero
and begin to measure using the new mode.
3. Click on Packets to display the packet mode menu.
4. Drag to select the desired packets mode. The packets mode you have chosen
will appear on the face of the button; the Performance Graph will refresh to
zero and begin to measure using the new mode.
The Performance Graph will now monitor the traffic passing through your IRM2
as a whole or the selected board or port using the user-defined modes. To stop
monitoring and to exit the window, click Cancel.