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VTrak E-Class Product Manual
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Viewing Fibre Channel Port Statistics
To view port statistics:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Fibre Channel Management and press
Enter.
2. Highlight Fibre Channel Ports and press Enter.
3. Highlight the port you want and press Enter.
4. Highlight Fibre Channel Port Statistics and press Enter.
This screen displays statistics for this port. There are no user settings on this
screen.
Clearing Statistics
To clear Fibre Channel statistics, see “Clearing Statistics” on page 231.
Property Definitions
Definitions of the properties for which statistical information is reported appears in
the list below.
• TimeLastReset – Time in minutes since the system has been running.
• FramesSent – Number of frames sent since last reset.
• FramesReceived – Number of frames received since last reset.
• WordsSent – Number of words sent since last reset.
• WordsReceived – Number of words received since last reset.
• LIPCount – Loop Initialization Primitive Sequence. This primitive sequence
applies only to the arbitrated loop topology. It is transmitted by an L_Port to
initialize or re-initialize the loop.
• NOSCount – Not Operational Primitive Sequence. This primitive sequence
is used during link initialization between two N_Ports in the point-to-point
topology or an N_Port and an F_Port in the fabric topology.
NOS is sent to indicate that the transmitting port has detected a link failure or
is offline. The expected response to a port sending NOS is the OLS primitive
sequence.
• ErrorFrames – FC devices propagate handshake signals back-and-forth
requesting and acknowledging each byte transferred. FC transfers occur in
one frame of data at a time. In this case, the value reflects the number of
frames with errors.
• DumpedFrames – This field specifies the number of frames dumped due to
a lack of host buffers.
• LinkFailureCount – Number of times the link has failed. Can be caused by
a disconnected link or a bad fiber element.