LevelOne FSW-0803TX, User Manual

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Mini Console
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Observing Collision Level
When Collision is the menu item in the Message Zone, the Port Number will
be illuminated for each port that is connected and the Bar Gauge will
continuously move up or down indicating the percentage of Collision for
these ports. Collision occurs when two or more ports send data to the same
port at approximately the same time. The Collision percent can be calculated
with the following formula.
Collision Ratio = (number of packets collided / number of packets
transmitted) * 100.
Monitoring Ports Status
Users can view the status of all 8 ports simultaneously or individually with
the PORT STATUS menu.
Figure 3.4 Port Status
When monitoring individual ports, the status is auto cycled through each
setting, the configuration is displayed in the Message Zone and the bar scales
under the port number are illuminated.