ethernet summary
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Fields in the Ethernet Summary Display
Field Description
actualFlowControl Actual flow control setting. When autonegotiation is
completed, the value is the autonegotiated setting. When
autonegotiation is disabled, the value is the user-selected
flow control value.
actualPortMode Actual operating port mode. When autonegotiation is
completed, the values shown are the autonegotiated
settings. When autonegotiation is disabled, the value is
the user-selected port mode.
autoNegMode Autonegotiation mode configured for port. Possible
values are
enable
or
disable
.
autoNegState Current negotiation state. Possible values are
disabled
,
configuring
,
completed
, and
failed
.
linkStatus Boolean value that indicates the current state of the
physical link for this port (either
enabled
or
disabled
).
macAddress MAC address of this port.
noRxBuffers Number of frames that were discarded because no buffer
space was available.
portLabel User-defined label name. The maximum length of the
string is 32 characters, including the null terminator.
portState Current software operational state of this port. Possible
values are
on-line
,
off-line
,
partitioned
,
tx-fault
,
and
config-error
. The value
on-line
appears when the port is both enabled and connected to
a cable. The value
partitioned
appears when the port
has been disabled by the ethernet port monitoring
feature.
portType Specific description of this port’s type. Values for each
port type:
10/100BASE-T(RJ45)
,
100BASE-FX
(SC)
,
1000BASE-SX (SC)
,
1000BASE-LX (GBIC)
,
1000BASE-SX (GBIC)
,
Backplane
(9000).
reqFlowControl Configurable parameter that sets the flow control option
(when autonegotiation is disabled). When
autonegotiation is enabled, flow control values are
ignored.
reqPortMode Configurable parameter that sets the port mode on
Ethernet ports that have port mode options (when
autonegotiation is disabled). When autonegotiation is
enabled, port mode values are ignored.
rxBytes Number of bytes received by this port, including framing
characters.
rxErrs Total of all receive errors that are associated with this
port.
