Viewing The Gbe Line Interface Counters; How To View The Gigabit Ethernet Line Interface Counters - Cisco SCE8000 GBE Installation And Configuration Manual

Testing Connectivity: Examining Link LEDs and Counters

Viewing the GBE Line Interface Counters

In an inline topology, you can monitor traffic via the platform counters for both the Rx and Tx
connections. The counters increase as packets flow through the Cisco SCE8000 GBE or both Rx and Tx.
However, in receive-only topologies, the counters for the Tx do not increment, as the SCE8000 GBE is
only monitoring traffic, and not re-transmitting it

How to View the Gigabit Ethernet Line Interface Counters

In an inline topology, you can monitor traffic via the platform counters for both the Rx and Tx
connections. The counters increase, together with the increased number of packets that flow through the
SCE8000 GBE for both Rx and Tx.
However, in external switch topologies, the counters for the Tx do not increment, that is, Tx does not
have a function in monitoring traffic, as it is disconnected.
At the SCE> prompt, type show interface GigabitEthernet 3/baynumber/portnumber counters.
Step 1
This displays the GigabitEthernet counters. This command enables you to verify that traffic is taking
place. You can see that the counters increase, together with the increased number of packets that flow
through the SCE8000 GBE .
The following example shows the counters for a Gigabit Ethernet in subslot 1.
SCE>show interface GigabitEthernet 3/1/6 counters
In total octets: 100
In good unicast packets: 90
In good multicast packets: 0
In good broadcast packets: 10
In packets discarded: 0
In packets with CRC/Alignment error: 0
In undersized packets: 0
In oversized packets: 0
Out total octets: 93*2^32+1022342538
Out unicast packets: 858086051
Out non unicast packets: 0
Out packets discarded: 0
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