Summary View

Item     Description
Description

An alias name for the interface, as specified by a network manager. For Port Channel and FCIP, this field will always show members if they are available. For FCIP, this field will show "compress" if compressed.

VSAN(s)

VSAN membership.

Mode

Operating mode of the port> (See Legend).

Connected To

Attached port. This could be a host, storage, or swtich port.

Speed

Maximum bandwidth in Gbps.

Rx

One of the following:

  • Utilization %
  • Number of Bytes
  • Number of Frames
  • Average Frame Size
Tx

One of the following:

  • Utilization %
  • Number of Bytes
  • Number of Frames
  • Average Frame Size
Errors

Total number of Rx and Tx errors on the interface. Types of Rx errors include CRC errors, fragmented framed, unsupported class frames, runt frames, jabber frames, and giant Frames. Types of Tx errors are generally CRC errors, but these are rare. If the Errors field is not empty, there are probably Rx errors. For a more detailed breakdown of the error count, check the Monitor dialog box for appropriate interface.

Discards

Total number of Rx and Tx discards on the interface. Rx frames discarded are generally due to protocol errors. On rare occasions, a frame is received without any hardware errors, but a filtering rule set for the MAC address discards the frame due to a mismatch. Discarded Tx frames can be timeout frame discards (port is offline or not up), or timeout frames that are not sent back to the supervisor (class F/2 frames). If the Discards field is not empty, it is probably due to timeout frames.

Log

If checked, writes the record into the message log on each poll interval.