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Table 10-5 display tcp statistics command output description 
Field   Description 
Total  Total number of packets received 
packets in sequence  Number of packets arriving in sequence 
window probe packets  Number of window probe packets received 
window update packets  Number of window update packets received 
checksum error  Number of checksum error packets received 
offset error  Number of offset error packets received 
short error  Number of received packets with length being too small 
duplicate packets  Number of completely duplicate packets received 
partially duplicate packets  Number of partially duplicate packets received 
out-of-order packets  Number of out-of-order packets received 
packets of data after window  Number of packets outside the receiving window 
packets received after close  Number of packets that arrived after connection is closed 
ACK packets  Number of ACK packets received 
duplicate ACK packets  Number of duplicate ACK packets received 
Received 
packets: 
too much ACK packets  Number of ACK packets for data unsent 
Total  Total number of packets sent 
urgent packets  Number of urgent packets sent 
control packets  Number of control packets sent 
window probe packets 
Number of window probe packets sent; in the brackets are 
resent packets 
window update packets  Number of window update packets sent 
data packets  Number of data packets sent 
data packets retransmitted  Number of data packets retransmitted 
Sent packets: 
ACK-only packets 
Number of ACK packets sent; in brackets are delayed ACK 
packets 
Retransmitted timeout  Number of retransmission timer timeouts  
connections dropped in retransmitted timeout 
Number of connections broken due to retransmission 
timeouts 
Keepalive timeout  Number of keepalive timer timeouts 
keepalive probe  Number of keepalive probe packets sent 
Keepalive timeout, so connections 
disconnected 
Number of connections broken due to timeout of the 
keepalive timer 
Initiated connections  Number of connections initiated 
accepted connections  Number of connections accepted 
established connections  Number of connections established 
Closed connections 
Number of connections closed; in brackets are connections 
closed accidentally (before receiving SYN from the peer) 
and connections closed initiatively (after receiving SYN from 
the peer)