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Chapter 22      DLPs A500 to A599
DLP-A533 Create Ethernet RMON Alarm Thresholds
dot3StatsExcessiveCollisions  (Not supported by E-Series or G-Series.) Number of frames 
where transmissions failed because of excessive collisions
dot3StatsCarrierSenseErrors  (G-Series only.) The number of transmission errors on a 
particular interface that are not otherwise counted
dot3StatsSQETestErrors (G-Series only.) A count of times that the SQE TEST ERROR 
message is generated by the Physical Layer Switch (PLS) 
sublayer for a particular interface
etherStatsBroadcastPkts The total number of good packets received that were directed to 
the broadcast address; this does not include multicast packets
etherStatsCollisions An estimate of the total number of collisions on this Ethernet 
segment. The value returned depends on the location of the 
RMON probe. Section 8.2.1.3 (10Base5) and Section 10.3.1.3 
(10Base2) of the IEEE 802.3 standard state that a station must 
detect a collision, in the receive mode, if three or more stations 
are transmitting simultaneously. A repeater port must detect a 
collision when two or more stations are transmitting 
simultaneously. Thus, a probe placed on a repeater port could 
record more collisions than a probe connected to a station on the 
same segment.
Probe location plays a much smaller role when considering 
10BaseT. Section 14.2.1.4 (10BaseT) of the IEEE 802.3 standard 
defines a collision as the simultaneous presence of signals on the 
DO and RD circuits (transmitting and receiving at the same 
time). A 10BaseT station can only detect collisions when it is 
transmitting. Thus, probes placed on a station and a repeater 
should report the same number of collisions.
An RMON probe inside a repeater should report collisions 
between the repeater and one or more other hosts (transmit 
collisions as defined by IEEE 802.3k) plus receiver collisions 
observed on any coaxial segments to which the repeater is 
connected.
Table 22-5 Ethernet Threshold Variables (MIBs) (continued)
Variable Definition