Interface Statistics Screen Fields
ESXMIM/ESXMIM-F2 Local Management Guide Page 11-3
• Alignment Errors - Alignment errors are packets that are
misaligned. A misaligned packet is one that contains a
non-integral number of bytes.
• Runt Packets - Runt packets are packets smaller than the minimum
Ethernet frame size of 64 bytes, not including preamble.
• Giant Packets - Giant packets are those whose size exceeds the
maximum Ethernet frame size of 1,518 bytes, not including
preamble.
Out Octets
This field displays the number of octets (bytes) transmitted by the
interface.
Out Unicast Pkts
This field displays the number of unicast packets (packets destined for
one specific address) transmitted by the interface.
Out Nonucast
This field displays the number of non-unicast packets (multicast and
broadcast packets – packets destined for more than one address)
transmitted by the interface.
Out Discards
This field displays the total number of packets discarded by the interface
due to a lack of available resources.
Out Errors
This field displays the total number of errors for a given interface.
Update-Freq
Use this field to select the time interval between Network/Slot/Port
counter updates. You can select update intervals in increments of 3
seconds, with the maximum interval being 99 seconds.
NOTE
A complete breakdown of In Errors may be obtained from the
ESXMIM RMON MIB. Refer to your remote management
package documentation for instructions on how to obtain this
breakdown.
