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January 29th, 2009 00:00
Dropped packets counter always zero?
Hi all,
I'm trying to get counter for dropped packets from PowerConnect 6224, fw 2.2.0.3.
What seems to be available is "show rmon statistics eth 1/g1" via CLI and
interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifOutDiscards.1 via SNMP.
But both of them are always zero, even in times when the interface is
overloaded and some drops certainly occur.
Any ideas - should I read some other counter or is this a bug?
Thanks, Peter
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bh1633
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February 6th, 2009 08:00
THis is a bug. My contact at Dell tells me that this will be fixed in an April firmware release.
peterhd
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February 9th, 2009 23:00
Thanks for the confirmation. I've also checked the show statistics command and
it also doesn't display the number of dropped packets correctly:
Total Transmit Packets Discarded............... 45
Single Collision Frames........................ 18
Multiple Collision Frames...................... 27
Excessive Collision Frames..................... 0
Port Membership Discards....................... 0
Total Transmit Packets Discarded is in fact counter for Total Collisions,
and not for dropped packets.