View OSPF Statistics

View OSPF statistics.

Procedure

  1. In the navigation pane, expand Configuration > IP .
  2. Select OSPF.
  3. Select the Stats tab.

Graph OSPF Statistics

Graph OSPF statistics. The graph formats available are: line chart, area chart, bar chart, and pie chart.

Procedure

  1. In the navigation pane, expand Configuration > IP
  2. Select OSPF.
  3. Select the Stats tab.
  4. (Optional) To refresh the values in the table, select Clear Counters.
  5. To specify the polling interval, from the Poll Interval drop down menu, select a value. The options are:

    Option

    Description

    5s

    The polling interval is 5 seconds.

    10s

    The polling interval is 10 seconds.

    30s

    The polling interval is 30 seconds.

    1m

    The polling interval is 1 minute.

    5m

    The polling interval is 5 minutes.

    30m

    The polling interval is 30 minutes.

    1h

    The polling interval is 1 hour.

  6. Select one value; for example, AbsoluteValue or Cumulative.
    • Or, select two values; for example, AbsoluteValue and Cumulative.

    To select a second value, press the Ctrl key, then select the second value. You cannot select more than two values.

  7. From the toolbar, select a chart icon. The options are:

    Option

    Description

    Line Chart

    Displays a line chart for the values you selected against the polling interval. The X axis represents time. The vertical axis represents the logging scale.

    Area Chart

    Displays an area chart for the values you selected against the polling interval. The X axis represents time. The vertical axis represents the logging scale.

    Bar Chart

    Displays a bar chart for the values you selected against the polling interval. The X axis represents time. The vertical axis represents the logging scale.

    Pie Chart

    Displays a pie chart for the values you selected against the polling interval.

    The Chart Legend uses different colors to identify the values you selected that are plotted on the graph.

  8. To switch the horizontal and vertical axes values, on the chart toolbar, select Horizontal.
  9. To switch views of the log scale from high to low values, or low to high values, on the chart toolbar, select Log Scale.
  10. To switch to another chart using the same values, on the chart toolbar, select a chart icon.

Stats Field Descriptions

Use the data in the following table to use the OSPF Stats tab.

Name

Description

AbsoluteValue

Displays the counter value.

Cumulative

Displays the total value since you opened the Stats tab.

Average/sec

Displays the average value for each second.

Minimum/sec

Displays the minimum value for each second.

Maximum/sec

Displays the maximum value for each second.

LastVal/sec

Displays the last value for each second.

LsdbTblSize

Displays the number of entries in the link state database table.

TxPackets

Displays the number of packets transmitted by OSPF.

RxPackets

Displays the number of packets received by OSPF.

TxDropPackets

Displays the number of packets dropped before transmitted by OSPF.

RxDropPackets

Displays the number of packets dropped before received by OSPF.

RxBadPackets

Displays the number of packets received by OSPF that are bad.

SpfRuns

Displays the total number of SPF calculations performed by OSPF, which includes the number of partial route table calculation for incremental updates.

BuffersAllocated

Displays the number of buffers allocated for OSPF.

BuffersFreed

Displays the number of buffers that are freed by the OSPF.

BufferAllocFailures

Displays the number of times that OSPF has failed to allocate buffers.

BufferFreeFailures

Displays the number of times that OSPF has failed to free buffers.

Routes

Displays the number of OSPF routes added to RTM.

Adjacencies

Displays how many adjacencies are learned through the interface.

Areas

Displays the number of areas configured.

Nbrs

Indicates the number of OSPF neighbors.

BadLsReqs

Indicates the number of bad link state requests.

SeqMismatches

Indicates the number of sequence mismatched packets.

NumAllocDDP

Indicates the number of database description (DD) packet buffers allocated for OSPF.

NumFreeDDP

Indicates the number of DD packet buffers that are freed by the OSPF.