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Table 49  Interface statistics for port 
Statistics Description 
MulticastPkts—IfHCOut  The total number of packets that higher-level protocols requested to be transmitted, and 
which were addressed to a multicast address at this sublayer, including those that were 
discarded or not sent. 
For a MAC layer protocol, this includes both group and functional addresses. This 
object is a 64-bit version of ifOutMulticastPkts. 
Discards—IfHCOut  The number of outbound packets that were chosen to be discarded even though no 
errors had been detected to prevent their being transmitted. One possible reason for 
discarding such a packet could be to free up buffer space. 
Errors—IfHCOut  For packet-oriented interfaces, the number of outbound packets that could not be 
transmitted because of errors.  
For character-oriented or fixed-length interfaces, the number of outbound transmission 
units that could not be transmitted because of errors. 
 
Internet Protocol (IP) statistics 
Command: /stats/port <port number>/ip 
GEA IP statistics for port 1: 
ipInReceives   :         0 
ipInHeaderError:         0 
ipInDiscards   :         0 
 
The following table describes the Internet Protocol (IP) statistics for a selected port:  
Table 50  IP statistics for port 
Statistics Description 
ipInReceives 
The total number of input datagrams received from interfaces, including those received in 
error.  
ipInHeaderError  The number of input datagrams discarded because the IP address in their IP header's 
destination field was not a valid address to be received at this entity (the switch).
 
ipInDiscards  The number of input IP datagrams for which no problems were encountered to prevent their 
continued processing, but which were discarded (for example, for lack of buffer space). Note 
that this counter does not include any datagrams discarded while awaiting re-assembly. 
 
Link statistics 
Command: /stats/port <port number>/link 
Link statistics for port 1: 
linkStateChange:             2 
 
The following table describes the link statistics for a selected port:  
Table 51  Link statistics for port 
Statistic Description 
linkStateChange  The total number of link state changes.