Ethernet Support Guide (for HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2)

Card Statistics
Card Statistics
Appendix D
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Explanation of Card Statistics
The following list provides descriptions of the card statistics that are output from the
lanadmin(1M) command:
Field Description
Driver Statistics
In Packet Error Number of inbound packets discarded because they
were received when the driver was not operational or
the packet length was incorrect.
Out Packet Error Number of outbound packets discarded because the
driver was not operational or the driver had
insufficient resources (memory) to transmit the
packet.
Loopback packets Number of packets looped back to the upper layers by
the driver.
Link Down events Number of link down events, that is, cable
disconnects processed by the driver.
Host Command Statistics
nicCmdsDelMCastAddr Number of times the driver has issued a command to
the NIC to delete a multicast MAC address.
nicCmdsSetPromiscMode Number of times the NIC received a command to
enable or disable promiscuous mode.
nicCmdsSetMACAddr Number of times the NIC received a command to set
the current MAC address.
nicCmdsClearStats Number of times the NIC received a command to
clear the card statistics maintained by the card.
NIC Events Statistics
nicEventsFirmwareOperational The number of events the driver has received from
the NIC indicating that the firmware on the NIC is in
the operational state.
nicEventsStatsUpdated The number of times the NIC has updated the MIB
interface statistics.
nicEventsLinkStateChanged The number of events the driver has processed
indicating that the status of the link has changed.
nicEventsMCastListUpdated The number of times the NIC generated an event to
report the addition or deletion of a multicast MAC
address.
Interface Statistics
These are the MIB statistics collected by the card as documented in RFC1066.