Use the Port Usage window to view statistics on port usage in tabular and graph formats.

From the SBC main screen, go to Monitoring > Dashboard > Ports > Port Usage or
Monitoring > System > Category: Hardware Status > Ports > Port Usage

The Port Usage window opens, consisting of four panes. 

Management Port Status

This pane lists the management ports configured on the SBC platform, showing their IPv4 and IPv6 IP addresses and status.

Management Port Status

Port Usage Table

This pane displays the different interfaces configured on the SBC and their usage details.

Port Usage Table

The following output is displayed:

Port Usage Table Information

ParameterDescription
InterfaceSpecifies the interface name on the SBC.
RX PCK/secSpecifies the total number of packets received per second.
TX PCK/secSpecifies the total number of packet transmitted per second.
RX KB/secSpecifies the total number of kilobytes (KB) received per second.
TX KB/secSpecifies the total number of kilobytes (KB) transmitted per second.
RX CMP/secSpecifies the total number of compressed packets received per second.
TX CMP/secSpecifies the total number of compressed packets transmitted per second.
RX MCST/secSpecifies the total number of multicast packets received per second.

Port Bandwidth

This pane displays the port bandwidth in a graph format. The Port usage data is refreshed every second. Hover the mouse over the chart to see more details on the port bandwidth.

Port Bandwidth

Port Usage Error Table

This pane displays error statistics for the SBC interfaces.

Port Usage Error Table

The following output is displayed:

Port Usage Error Table Information

ParameterDescription
InterfaceSpecifies the interface name on the SBC.
RX Errors/secSpecifies the total number of error packets received per second.
TX Errors/secSpecifies the total number of error packet transmitted per second.
Coll/secSpecifies the total number of packets collected per second.
RX Drop/secSpecifies the total number of packets dropped received per second.
TX Drop/secSpecifies the total number of packets dropped transmitted per second.
TX Carr/secSpecifies the total number of packets carried per second.
RX Fram/secSpecifies the total number of packets framed per second.
RX FIFO/secSpecifies the total number of packets received first in first out per second.
TX FIFO/secSpecifies the total number of packets transmitted first in first out per second.
Note:

Click a column header to sort a table by that column.