Q-Logic 59226-00 B Switch User Manual


 
5 – Managing Ports
Displaying Port Information
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Table 5-5. Port Statistics Data Window Entries
Entry Description
Start Time The beginning of the period over which the statistics apply. The
start time for the Absolute view is not applicable. The start time
for the Rate view is the beginning of polling interval. The start
time for the Baseline view is the last time the baseline was set.
End Time The last time the statistics were updated on the display.
Total Time Total time period from start time to end time.
Al Init Number of times the port entered the initialization state.
AL Init Error Number of times the port entered initialization and the initial-
ization failed. Increments count when port has a sync loss.
Bad Frames Number of frames that were truncated due to a loss of sync or
the frame didn't end with an EOF.
Class 2 Frames In Number of class 2 frames received by this port.
Class 2 Frames Out Number of class 2 frames transmitted by this port.
Class 2 Words In Number of class 2 words received by this port.
Class 2 Words Out Number of class 2 words transmitted by this port.
Class 3 Frames In Number of class 3 frames received by this port.
Class 3 Frames Out Number of class 3 frames transmitted by this port.
Class 3 Toss Number of class 3 frames that were discarded by this port. A
frame can be discarded because of detection of a missing
frame (based on SEQ_CNT), detection of an E_D_TOV time-
out, receiving a reject frame, or receiving a frame on an offline
port.
Class 3 Words In Number of class 3 words received by this port.
Class 3 Words Out Number of class 3 words transmitted by this port.
Decode Errors Number of invalid transmission words detected during decod-
ing. Decoding is from the 10-bit characters and special K char-
acters.
Ep Connects Number of E_Port logins.
FBusy Number of class 2 and class 3 fabric busy (F_BSY) frames
generated by this port in response to incoming frames. This
usually indicates a busy condition on the fabric or N_port that
is preventing delivery of this frame.