Shared Ethernet Adapter statistics

Learn about general Shared Ethernet Adapter statistics, such as VLAN IDs and packet information, and view examples.

Statistic descriptions

Table 1. Descriptions of Shared Ethernet Adapter statistics
Statistic	Description
Number of adapters	Includes the real adapter and all of the virtual adapters. Note: If you are using Shared Ethernet Adapter failover, then the control channel adapter is not included.
Shared Ethernet Adapter flags	Denotes the features that the Shared Ethernet Adapter is currently running. THREAD The Shared Ethernet Adapter is operating in threaded mode, where incoming packets are queued and processed by different threads; its absence denotes interrupt mode, where packets are processed in the same interrupt where they are received. LARGESEND The large send feature has been enabled on the Shared Ethernet Adapter. JUMBO_FRAMES The jumbo frames feature has been enabled on the Shared Ethernet Adapter. GVRP The GVRP feature has been enabled on the Shared Ethernet Adapter.
VLAN IDs	List of VLAN IDs that have access to the network through the Shared Ethernet Adapter (this includes PVID and all tagged VLANs).
Real adapters	Packets received Number of packets received on the physical network. Packets bridged Number of packets received on the physical network that were sent to the virtual network. Packets consumed Number of packets received on the physical network that were addressed to the interface configured over the Shared Ethernet Adapter. Packets fragmented Number of packets received on the physical network that were fragmented before being sent to the virtual network. They were fragmented because they were bigger than the outgoing adapter's Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU). Packets transmitted Number of packets sent on the physical network. This includes packets sent from the interface configured over the Shared Ethernet Adapter, as well as each packet sent from the virtual network to the physical network (including fragments). Packets dropped Number of packets received on the physical network that were dropped for one of the following reasons: The packet was the oldest packet on a thread's queue and there was no space to accommodate a newly received packet. The packet had an invalid VLAN ID and could not be processed. The packet was addressed to the Shared Ethernet Adapter interface, but its interface had no filters registered.
Virtual adapters	Packets received Number of packets received on the virtual network. In other words, the number of packets received on all of the virtual adapters. Packets bridged Number of packets received on the virtual network that were sent to the physical network. Packets consumed Number of packets received on the virtual network that were addressed to the interface configured over the Shared Ethernet Adapter. Packets fragmented Number of packets received on the virtual network that were fragmented before being sent to the physical network. They were fragmented because they were bigger than the outgoing adapter's MTU. Packets transmitted Number of packets sent on the virtual network. This includes packets sent from the interface configured over the Shared Ethernet Adapter, as well as each packet sent from the physical network to the virtual network (including fragments). Packets dropped Number of packets received on the virtual network that were dropped for one of the following reasons: The packet was the oldest packet on a thread's queue and there was no space to accommodate a newly received packet. The packet was addressed to the Shared Ethernet Adapter interface, but its interface had no filters registered.
Output packets generated	Number of packets with a valid VLAN tag or no VLAN tag sent out of the interface configured over the Shared Ethernet Adapter.
Output packets dropped	Number of packets sent out of the interface configured over the Shared Ethernet Adapter that are dropped because of an invalid VLAN tag.
Device output failures	Number of packets that could not be sent due to underlying device errors. This includes errors sent on the physical network and virtual network, including fragments and Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) error packets generated by the Shared Ethernet Adapter.
Memory allocation failures	Number of packets that could not be sent because there was insufficient network memory to complete an operation.
ICMP error packets sent	Number of ICMP error packets successfully sent when a big packet could not be fragmented because the don't fragment bit was set.
Non IP packets larger than MTU	Number of packets that could not be sent because they were bigger than the outgoing adapter's MTU and could not be fragmented because they were not IP packets.
Thread queue overflow packets	Number of packets that were dropped from the thread queues because there was no space to accommodate a newly received packet.

Example statistics

ETHERNET STATISTICS (ent8) :
Device Type: Shared Ethernet Adapter
Hardware Address: 00:0d:60:0c:05:00
Elapsed Time: 3 days 20 hours 34 minutes 26 seconds

Transmit Statistics:                          Receive Statistics:
--------------------                          -------------------
Packets: 7978002                              Packets: 5701362
Bytes: 919151749                              Bytes: 664049607
Interrupts: 3                                 Interrupts: 5523380
Transmit Errors: 0                            Receive Errors: 0
Packets Dropped: 0                            Packets Dropped: 0
                                              Bad Packets: 0
Max Packets on S/W Transmit Queue: 2         
S/W Transmit Queue Overflow: 0
Current S/W+H/W Transmit Queue Length: 1

Elapsed Time: 0 days 0 hours 0 minutes 0 seconds
Broadcast Packets: 5312086                    Broadcast Packets: 3740225
Multicast Packets: 265589                     Multicast Packets: 194986
No Carrier Sense: 0                           CRC Errors: 0
DMA Underrun: 0                               DMA Overrun: 0
Lost CTS Errors: 0                            Alignment Errors: 0
Max Collision Errors: 0                       No Resource Errors: 0
Late Collision Errors: 0                      Receive Collision Errors: 0
Deferred: 0                                   Packet Too Short Errors: 0
SQE Test: 0                                   Packet Too Long Errors: 0
Timeout Errors: 0                             Packets Discarded by Adapter: 0
Single Collision Count: 0                     Receiver Start Count: 0
Multiple Collision Count: 0
Current HW Transmit Queue Length: 1

General Statistics:
-------------------
No mbuf Errors: 0
Adapter Reset Count: 0
Adapter Data Rate: 0
Driver Flags: Up Broadcast Running 
	Simplex 64BitSupport ChecksumOffLoad
  DataRateSet

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Statistics for adapters in the Shared Ethernet Adapter ent8
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Number of adapters: 2
SEA Flags: 00000001
    < THREAD >
VLAN IDs :
    ent7: 1 
Real Side Statistics:
    Packets received: 5701344
    Packets bridged: 5673198
    Packets consumed: 3963314
    Packets fragmented: 0
    Packets transmitted: 28685
    Packets dropped: 0
Virtual Side Statistics:
    Packets received: 0
    Packets bridged: 0
    Packets consumed: 0
    Packets fragmented: 0
    Packets transmitted: 5673253
    Packets dropped: 0
Other Statistics:
    Output packets generated: 28685
    Output packets dropped: 0
    Device output failures: 0
    Memory allocation failures: 0
    ICMP error packets sent: 0
    Non IP packets larger than MTU: 0
    Thread queue overflow packets: 0

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Real Adapter: ent2

ETHERNET STATISTICS (ent2) :
Device Type: 10/100 Mbps Ethernet PCI Adapter II (1410ff01)
Hardware Address: 00:0d:60:0c:05:00

Transmit Statistics:                          Receive Statistics:
--------------------                          -------------------
Packets: 28684                                Packets: 5701362
Bytes: 3704108                                Bytes: 664049607
Interrupts: 3                                 Interrupts: 5523380
Transmit Errors: 0                            Receive Errors: 0
Packets Dropped: 0                            Packets Dropped: 0
                                              Bad Packets: 0

Max Packets on S/W Transmit Queue: 2         
S/W Transmit Queue Overflow: 0
Current S/W+H/W Transmit Queue Length: 1

Broadcast Packets: 21                         Broadcast Packets: 3740225
Multicast Packets: 0                          Multicast Packets: 194986
No Carrier Sense: 0                           CRC Errors: 0
DMA Underrun: 0                               DMA Overrun: 0
Lost CTS Errors: 0                            Alignment Errors: 0
Max Collision Errors: 0                       No Resource Errors: 0
Late Collision Errors: 0                      Receive Collision Errors: 0
Deferred: 0                                   Packet Too Short Errors: 0
SQE Test: 0                                   Packet Too Long Errors: 0
Timeout Errors: 0                             Packets Discarded by Adapter: 0
Single Collision Count: 0                     Receiver Start Count: 0
Multiple Collision Count: 0
Current HW Transmit Queue Length: 1

General Statistics:
-------------------
No mbuf Errors: 0
Adapter Reset Count: 0
Adapter Data Rate: 200
Driver Flags: Up Broadcast Running 
	Simplex Promiscuous AlternateAddress 
	64BitSupport ChecksumOffload PrivateSegment LargeSend DataRateSet 

10/100 Mbps Ethernet PCI Adapter II (1410ff01) Specific Statistics:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Link Status: Up
Media Speed Selected: Auto negotiation
Media Speed Running: 100 Mbps Full Duplex
Receive Pool Buffer Size: 1024
No Receive Pool Buffer Errors: 0
Receive Buffer Too Small Errors: 0
Entries to transmit timeout routine: 0
Transmit IPsec packets: 0
Transmit IPsec packets dropped: 0
Receive IPsec packets: 0
Receive IPsec SA offload count: 0
Transmit Large Send packets: 0
Transmit Large Send packets dropped: 0
Packets with Transmit collisions:
  1 collisions: 0     6 collisions: 0     11 collisions: 0
  2 collisions: 0     7 collisions: 0     12 collisions: 0
  3 collisions: 0     8 collisions: 0     13 collisions: 0
  4 collisions: 0     9 collisions: 0     14 collisions: 0
  5 collisions: 0    10 collisions: 0     15 collisions: 0

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Virtual Adapter: ent7

ETHERNET STATISTICS (ent7) :
Device Type: Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan)
Hardware Address: 8a:83:54:5b:4e:9a

Transmit Statistics:                          Receive Statistics:
--------------------                          -------------------
Packets: 7949318                              Packets: 0
Bytes: 915447641                              Bytes: 0
Interrupts: 0                                 Interrupts: 0
Transmit Errors: 0                            Receive Errors: 0
Packets Dropped: 0                            Packets Dropped: 0
                                              Bad Packets: 0

Max Packets on S/W Transmit Queue: 0         
S/W Transmit Queue Overflow: 0
Current S/W+H/W Transmit Queue Length: 0

Broadcast Packets: 5312065                    Broadcast Packets: 0
Multicast Packets: 265589                     Multicast Packets: 0
No Carrier Sense: 0                           CRC Errors: 0
DMA Underrun: 0                               DMA Overrun: 0
Lost CTS Errors: 0                            Alignment Errors: 0
Max Collision Errors: 0                       No Resource Errors: 0
Late Collision Errors: 0                      Receive Collision Errors: 0
Deferred: 0                                   Packet Too Short Errors: 0
SQE Test: 0                                   Packet Too Long Errors: 0
Timeout Errors: 0                             Packets Discarded by Adapter: 0
Single Collision Count: 0                     Receiver Start Count: 0
Multiple Collision Count: 0
Current HW Transmit Queue Length: 0

General Statistics:
-------------------
No mbuf Errors: 0
Adapter Reset Count: 0
Adapter Data Rate: 20000
Driver Flags: Up Broadcast Running 
	Simplex Promiscuous AllMulticast 
	64BitSupport ChecksumOffload DataRateSet 

Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan) Specific Statistics:
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RQ Lingth: 4481
No Copy Buffers: 0
Trunk Adapter: True
  Priority: 1  Active: True
Filter MCast Mode: False
Filters: 255
  Enabled: 1  Queued: 0  Overflow: 0
LAN State: Operational

Hypervisor Send Failures: 2371664
  Receiver Failures: 2371664
  Send Errors: 0

Hypervisor Receive Failures: 0

ILLAN Attributes: 0000000000003103 [0000000000003103]

PVID:  1      VIDs: None

Switch ID: ETHERNET0

Buffers   Reg  Alloc  Min  Max   MaxA  LowReg
 tiny     512   512   512  2048  512   512
 small    512   512   512  2048  512   512
 medium   128   128   128  256   128   128
 large    24    24    24   64    24    24
 huge     24    24    24   64    24    24