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Using Measure
Using Measure
The Expand components reported on by Measure are called entities. After you have
mapped your network and selected the nodes you want to measure, you can
characterize the network traffic by measuring these entities:
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SYSTEM Entity
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NETLINE Entity
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LINE Entity
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PROCESS Entity
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CPU Entity
SYSTEM Entity
The SYSTEM entity provides information about traffic that originates or terminates at
the measured system. This traffic is measured in the form of messages and is reported
as a count of links.
The SYSTEM entity also shows the number of Expand frames sent and received.
Passthrough Expand frames are counted as Sent-Forward or Received-Forward
frames. Sent-Forward frames did not originate at the local node; Received-Forward
frames are not destined for the local node.
Example 19-1 is an example of a SYSTEM entity display.
Note. The values shown in these diagrams are in units per second (the Measure SET
REPORT RATE ON command was used).
Note.
Passthrough traffic might also be referred to as forwarded or switched traffic.
Example 19-1. SYSTEM Entity Display
Remote System \SSG System Number 73
Local System \PEEWEE From 9 Jan 1997, 13:13:11 For 7.5 Minutes
Links 38.24
Link-Time 0.22
Sent 76.53
Received 38.44
Sent-Forward 0.02
Received-Forward 0.12