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Measures reported by FcSwPortLoadTest
To proactively capture sporadic or consistent increases in the load on a switch, it is imperative to monitor the traffic handled by each of the ports on the switch. Using the Port Load test, you can study the data, frames, and line resets sent and received by each port on the switch, and thus analyze the load on the switch.
The measures
made by this test are as
follows:
| Measurement |
Description |
Measurement
Unit |
Interpretation |
| Frames_transmitted |
Indicates the number of frames / packets / IOs / etc that have been transmitted by this port.
|
Number |
These measures serves as effective indicators of the I/O load on the ports. Comparing the value of these measures across ports will reveal the I/O-intensive ports.
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| Frames_received |
Indicates the number of frames / packets / IOs / etc that have been received by this port.
|
Number |
| Bytes_transmitted |
Indicates the number of octets or bytes that have been transmitted by this port per second.
|
KB/sec |
These measures serve as good indicators of the data traffic handled by a port. Comparing the value of these measures across ports will reveal the busiest ports on the switch.
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| Bytes_received |
Indicates the number of octets or bytes that have been transmitted by this port per second.
|
KB/sec |
| Link_reset_transmitted |
Indicates the number of link resets transmitted by this port.
|
Number |
A link reset is a primitive sequence used during link initialization between ports.
Besides indicating the load on a port, these measures also help determine how many ports have tried to establish a link with a particular port, and whether any link initialization attempt has failed.
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| Link_reset_received |
Indicates the number of link resets received by this port.
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Number |
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