Configuring System Information
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ProSafe M5300 Switch
Click CLEAR to clear all the counters, resetting all switch summary and detailed statistics to
default values. The discarded packets count cannot be cleared.
Broadcast Packets Received The total number of packets received that were directed to the
broadcast address. Note that this does not include multicast
packets.
Receive Packets Discarded The number of inbound packets which were chosen to be discarded
even though no errors had been detected to prevent their being
deliverable to a higher-layer protocol. A possible reason for
discarding a packet could be to free up buffer space.
Octets Transmitted The total number of octets transmitted out of the interface, including
framing characters.
Packets Transmitted Without Errors The total number of packets transmitted out of the interface.
Unicast Packets Transmitted The total number of packets that higher-level protocols requested
be transmitted to a subnetwork-unicast address, including those
that were discarded or not sent.
Multicast Packets Transmitted The total number of packets that higher-level protocols requested
be transmitted to a Multicast address, including those that were
discarded or not sent.
Broadcast Packets Transmitted The total number of packets that higher-level protocols requested
be transmitted to the Broadcast address, including those that were
discarded or not sent.
Transmit Packets Discarded The number of outbound packets which were chosen to be
discarded even though no errors had been detected to prevent their
being deliverable to a higher-layer protocol. A possible reason for
discarding a packet could be to free up buffer space.
Most Address Entries Ever Used The highest number of Forwarding Database Address Table entries
that have been learned by this switch since the most recent reboot.
Address Entries in Use The number of Learned and static entries in the Forwarding
Database Address Table for this switch.
Maximum VLAN Entries The maximum number of Virtual LANs (VLANs) allowed on this
switch.
Most VLAN Entries Ever Used The largest number of VLANs that have been active on this switch
since the last reboot.
Static VLAN Entries The number of presently active VLAN entries on this switch that
have been created statically.
Dynamic VLAN Entries The number of presently active VLAN entries on this switch that
have been created by GVRP registration.
VLAN Deletes The number of VLANs on this switch that have been created and
then deleted since the last reboot.
Time Since Counters Last Cleared The elapsed time, in days, hours, minutes, and seconds, since the
statistics for this switch were last cleared.
Field Description