Viewing OSPF Chassis Statistics

Use statistics to help you monitor Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) performance. You can also graph statistics for all OSPF packets transmitted by the switch.

Procedure

  1. In the navigation pane, expand the Configuration > IP folders.
  2. Click OSPF.
  3. Click the Stats tab.
  4. To create a graph for OSPF statistics, select a column, and then select a graph type.

Stats Field Descriptions

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

Name

Description

LsdbTblSize

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

TxPackets

Specifies the number of packets transmitted by OSPF.

RxPackets

Specifies the number of packets received by OSPF.

TxDropPackets

Specifies the number of packets dropped before being transmitted by OSPF.

RxDropPackets

Specifies the number of packets dropped before they are received by OSPF.

RxBadPackets

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

SpfRuns

Specifies the number of SPF calculations performed by OSPF.

BuffersAllocated

Specifies the number of buffers allocated for OSPF.

BuffersFreed

Specifies the number of buffers freed by OSPF.

BufferAllocFailures

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

BufferFreeFailures

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

Routes

Specifies the count of OSPF routes.

Adjacencies

Specifies the count of OSPF adjacencies.

Areas

Specifies the count of OSPF areas.