vnicstat command

Purpose

Display vNIC server and backing device statistics.

Syntax

vnicstat [-h ] [-b ] [-d ] [-r ] vNIC_Server_Device_Name

Description

The vnicstat command displays vNIC server device statistics as well as the backing SR-IOV logical port device statistics.

Flags

Flag name	Description
-h	Display the command help message.
-b	Display the SR-IOV logical port backing device statistics.
-d	Display the vNIC server device detailed statistics.
-r	Reset device statistics.

Parameter

vNIC_Server_Device_Name is the name of the vNIC server device, for example vnicserver0.

Exit Status

Return Code	Description
0	Success
1	Error

Examples

# vnicstat
vnicserver4

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VNIC Server Statistics: vnicserver4
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Device Statistics:
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State: active
Backing Device Name: ent8

Failover State: active
Failover Readiness: operational
Failover Priority: 50

Client Partition ID: 11
Client Partition Name: ZeppVnic32
Client Operating System: AIX
Client Device Name: ent1
Client Device Location Code: U9040.MR9.133E9FX-V11-C3

Main CRQ Statistics:
--------------------                    
State: open                             Error Indications: 0
Commands Received: 1952
Commands Sent: 1954                     Adapter Problem: 0
Interrupts: 1953                        Firmware Problem: 0
Command Response Errors: 0              Device Driver Problem: 0
Link State Indications: 1               EEH Recovery: 0
ACL Change Indications: 0               Firmware Updated: 0
Login Requests: 1                       Low Memory: 0
Reboots: 0

RX/TX statistics:
-----------------                       
TX:                                     RX:
---                                     ---                                     
Client Descriptors: 716                 Client Descriptors: 5734
VF Descriptors: 358                     VF Descriptors: 5734
Max VF Descriptors Queued: 64
Client Completions: 5                   Client Completions: 614
VF Completions: 5                       VF Completions: 614
Client Completions Error: 0             Client Completions Error: 0
VF Completions Error: 0                 VF Completions Error: 0
TCE Passed to VF : 358
TCE Mappings: 0                         TCE Mappings: 0
TCE Unmappings: 0                       TCE Unmappings: 0
Descriptors Pool Full: 0                Descriptors Pool Empty: 0