Enterasys Networks MicroMMAC-T - Manual (Page 67)

Network Level Statistics 3-11
Token Ring Statistics
Network Performance Graph Statistics
The Network Performance Graph contains the following statistics:
Network Events (Red)
Total Errors The total number of soft errors of any kind processed by
the network.
Ring Purges The total number of times the ring’s active monitor has
issued a ring purge command.
Beacon States The number of beacon states on the ring which have been
corrected by the automatic beacon recovery process
(ABRP).
Nothing The Network Events scale is not currently measuring any
network events statistics coming through the network.
Traffic (Blue)
Frames The total number of good frames transmitted and
received by the network.
Percent Load Reflects the load generated by the network compared to
its theoretical maximum load (4 or 16 Mbits/sec).
Nothing The Traffic scale is not currently measuring the traffic or
load processed by the network.
Configuring the Network Performance Graph
1. Using the mouse, click on the Network Events button (with the red square
marker to its left). The Network Events pull-down menu will appear.
2. Click on the desired mode (Total Errors, Ring Purges, Beacon States, or
Nothing). The mode you have chosen will appear in the button. The
Performance Graph will refresh and begin to measure, using the new mode.
3. Click on the Traffic button (with the blue square marker to its left). The Traffic
pull-down menu will appear.
4. Click on the desired mode (Frames, Percent Load, or Nothing). The mode
you have chosen will appear in the button. The Performance Graph will
refresh and begin to measure, using the new mode.
The Performance Graph will now monitor the network using the user-defined
modes. (Click on
Cancel to stop monitoring and exit the screen.)