NETGEAR M4100 Series ProSAFE

Utility Commands
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M4100 Series ProSAFE Managed Switches
When you specify switchport, the command output displays the information that is shown
in the following table.
Term Definition
Octets Received The total number of octets of data received by the processor (excluding framing bits but
including FCS octets).
Total Packets
Received Without
Error
The total number of packets (including broadcast packets and multicast packets) received by
the processor.
Unicast Packets
Received
The number of subnetwork-unicast packets delivered to a higher-layer protocol.
Multicast Packets
Received
The total number of packets received that were directed to a multicast address. Note that this
number does not include packets directed to the broadcast address.
Broadcast Packets
Received
The total number of packets received that were directed to the broadcast address. Note that
this does not include multicast packets.
Receive Packets
Discarded
The number of inbound packets which were chosen to be discarded even though no errors had
been detected to prevent their being deliverable to a higher-layer protocol. A possible reason
for discarding a packet could be to free up buffer space.
Octets Transmitted The total number of octets transmitted out of the interface, including framing characters.
Packets
Transmitted without
Errors
The total number of packets transmitted out of the interface.
Unicast Packets
Transmitted
The total number of packets that higher-level protocols requested be transmitted to a
subnetwork-unicast address, including those that were discarded or not sent.
Multicast Packets
Transmitted
The total number of packets that higher-level protocols requested be transmitted to a Multicast
address, including those that were discarded or not sent.
Broadcast Packets
Transmitted
The total number of packets that higher-level protocols requested be transmitted to the
Broadcast address, including those that were discarded or not sent.
Most Address
Entries Ever Used
The highest number of Forwarding Database Address Table entries that have been learned by
this switch since the most recent reboot.
Address Entries in
Use
The number of Learned and static entries in the Forwarding Database Address Table for this
switch.
Maximum VLAN
Entries
The maximum number of Virtual LANs (VLANs) allowed on this switch.
Most VLAN Entries
Ever Used
The largest number of VLANs that have been active on this switch since the last reboot.
Static VLAN
Entries
The number of presently active VLAN entries on this switch that have been created statically.
Dynamic VLAN
Entries
The number of presently active VLAN entries on this switch that have been created by GVRP
registration.