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5-8 Ring and Station Variables
For more information on using pie charts, graphs, and meters and understanding
how to read the information displayed, see the Charts, Graphs, and Meters
chapter in the SPMA Tools Guide.
A brief description of each of the variables available for both Ring and Station Pie
Charts, Graphs, and Meters follows in the Ring and Station Variables sections.
Ring and Station Variables
Although many of the variables are the same for Ring and Station Statistics, it is
important to note that these statistics are collected from different sources. The ring
statistics will reflect the activity of the entire ring, while the station statistics will
reflect the activity of only one station.
General
Errors
Indicates the total number of errors counted on the ring or received by the station.
Frames
Indicates the total number of frames received by the device from the ring or
station.
KBytes
Indicates the total number of kilobytes transmitted on the ring or from the station.
Protocols
Protocols are only available for Ring Pie Charts and Meters. Use the following
variables to display the number of packets counted on the ring of the following
protocols:
SNA IBM’s System Network Architecture.
XNS A Xerox protocol used in early Ethernet networks.
TCP/IP A public domain set of protocols developed by the US
government.
Banyan A proprietary protocol, VINES IP, used by Banyan’s
VINES network operating system.
IPX One of the standard protocols for Novell networking
systems.
NetBIOS Sytek, Inc., and IBM’s Network Basic Input Output
System, used by many application programs for network
communication.