Displaying IP traffic information for devices running Layer 3 code

To display the IP traffic statistics for RUCKUS ICX devices running Layer 3 code, perform the following steps.

  1. Click Monitor on the left pane and select IP.
  2. Click Traffic

    The IP Traffic window is displayed as shown in the figure below.

    Monitoring the IP traffic information for devices running Layer 3 code

    Description of the fields in the IP Traffic window

    Field

    Description

    IP Statistics parameters

    Packets Received

    Displays the number of IP packets received by the device.

    Packets Sent

    Displays the number of IP packets originated and sent by the device.

    Packets Forwarded

    Displays the total number of IP packets received by the device and forwarded to other devices.

    Filtered

    Displays the total number of IP packets filtered by the device.

    Fragmented

    Displays the number of IP packets fragmented by this device before sending or forwarding them.

    Reassembled

    Displays the number of fragmented IP packets received and re-assembled by the device.

    Bad Header

    Displays the number of IP packets dropped because they had a bad header.

    No Route

    Displays the number of packets dropped by the device because they had no route information.

    Unknown Protocols

    Displays the number of packets dropped by the device because the value in the protocol field of the packet header is unrecognized by this device.

    No Buffer

    Displays the number of packets dropped because the device ran out of buffer space.

    Other Errors

    Displays the number of packets dropped due to errors other than the ones already indicated in the IP Statistics parameters.

    ICMP Statistics

    Refer to Displaying IP traffic information for devices runningLayer 2 code.

    UDP Statistics

    Refer to Displaying IP traffic information for devices runningLayer 2 code.

    TCP Statistics parameters

    Active Opens

    Displays the number of TCP connections opened by this device by sending a TCP SYN to another device.

    Passive Opens

    Displays the number of TCP connections opened by this device in response to connection requests (TCP SYNs) received from other devices.

    Failed Attempts

    Displays the number of failed attempts. This information is used by RUCKUS customer support.

    Active Resets

    Displays the number of TCP connections this device reset by sending a TCP RESET message to the device at the other end of the connection.

    Passive Resets

    Displays the number of TCP connections this device reset because the device at the other end of the connection sent a TCP RESET message.

    Input Errors

    Displays the number of incoming errors. This information is used by RUCKUS customer support.

    In Segments

    Displays the number of TCP segments received by the device.

    Out Segments

    Displays the number of TCP segments sent by the device.

    Retransmission

    Displays the number of segments that this device retransmitted because the retransmission timer for the segment had expired before the device at the other end of the connection had acknowledged receipt of the segment.

    RIP Statistics parameters

    Requests Sent

    Displays the number of requests this device has sent to another Routing Information Protocol (RIP) Layer 3 switch for all or part of its RIP routing table.

    Requests Received

    Displays the number of requests this device has received from another RIP Layer 3 switch for all or part of this device’s RIP routing table.

    Responses Sent

    Displays the number of responses this device has sent to another RIP Layer 3 switch’s request for all or part of this device’s RIP routing table.

    Responses Received

    Displays the number of responses this device has received to requests for all or part of another RIP Layer 3 switch’s routing table.

    Unrecognized

    Displays the number of RIP packets that were not recognized by the device.

    Bad Version

    Displays the number of RIP packets dropped by the device because the RIP version was either invalid or is not supported by this device.

    Bad Address Family

    Displays the number of RIP packets dropped because the value in the Address Family Identifier field of the packet’s header was invalid.

    Bad Request Format

    Displays the number of RIP request packets this Layer 3 switch dropped because the format was bad.

    Bad Metrics

    Displays the number of responses to RIP request packets this Layer 3 switch dropped because of the bad metric value. This information is used by RUCKUS customer support.

    Bad Response Format

    Displays the number of responses to RIP request packets this Layer 3 switch dropped because the format was bad.

    Response Not from RIP Port

    Displays the number of RIP responses received from non-RIP ports. This information is used by RUCKUS customer support.

    Response from Loopback

    Displays the number of RIP responses received from loopback interfaces.

    Packets Rejected

    Displays the number of RIP packets rejected by the device.

Parent topic: Monitoring IP