Monitoring the Hotwire DSL System
4-5
8000-A2-GB20-50
April 2000
Table 4-2. Physical Layer Options (1 of 5)
Active List (Active Ports List) B-B-A
Displays a list of the current status of all the active ports (e1a = Ethernet;
s1b = backplane; s1c, s1d, s1e, and s1f = DSL cards) in the card such as the port
number, port name, port type, MAC address, and status of the port (in use or
disconnected).
Num – SNMP ID number.
Name – System name.
Description – Type of port.
MAC Address – MAC address of the active port. (Internal dummy address used for
non-Ethernet ports.)
Status – Active, disconnected, in-use.
Ether Statistics (Ethernet Statistics) B-B-B
Displays a list of the Ethernet statistics of the LAN port (e1a).
You may press Ctrl-r at any time to reset counters.
Port – Type of port (e1a).
Initialized Ethernet Ports – e1a (There is only one other net port on the card).
LAN Address – LAN (or MAC) address of the Ethernet port.
Bytes Received – Number of bytes received by the Ethernet port.
Packets Received – Number of packets transmitted by the Ethernet port and what type
(multicasts, broadcasts, flooded, local origin, queued).
– Multicasts – Single packets copied to a specific subset of network addresses.
– Broadcasts – Messages sent to all network destinations.
– Flooded – Information received, then sent out to each of the interfaces.
– Filtered – Processes or devices that screen incoming information.
– Discarded – Packets discarded.
Errors – Number of errors transmitted by the Ethernet port and what type.
– Overruns – No buffer space.
– Bad CRC – Cyclic Redundancy Check.
– Framing – Receiver improperly interprets set of bits within frame.
– Jumbo-Gram – Ethernet packet too long.
– Overflow – Part of traffic that is not carried.
– Buffer – No buffer space.
