Controller Statistics

Controller Statistics shows an example of a device statistics display for controllers.

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Controller Statistics

Controller statistics are arranged under the following panes (left-to-right, top-to-bottom):

Device Information

Controller Statistics – Example Device Information Display shows an example of device information displayed for controllers in the RF Domain.

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Controller Statistics – Example Device Information Display

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Controller Statistics – Device Information Description describes the information displayed.

Table 1. Controller Statistics – Device Information Description
Field Description
Type The controller type is displayed in the upper–left position of the pane.
Model Displays the model number for the selected controller.
S/N Displays the serial number factory encoded on the controller at the factory.
MAC Displays the MAC address of the controller. This is factory assigned and cannot be changed.

Firmware

Controller Statistics - Example Firmware Display shows an example of device firmware information displayed for controllers in the RF Domain.

You can store both a Primary and Secondary firmware version in memory. An automatic fallback mechanism exists, which loads the Secondary version if the Primary version fails. A appears adjacent to either Primary or Secondary, indicating which firmware is currently in use.

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Controller Statistics - Example Firmware Display

Controller Statistics – Firmware Information Description describes the information displayed.

Table 2. Controller Statistics – Firmware Information Description
Field Description
Version Displays the unique alphanumeric firmware version name for the controller firmware.
Build Date Displays the date on which the firmware version build was created.
Install Date Displays the date on which the firmware was installed on the controller.

Status

Controller Statistics - Example Status Display shows an example of device status information displayed for controllers in the RF Domain.

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Controller Statistics - Example Status Display

Controller Statistics – Device Status Information Description describes the information displayed.

Table 3. Controller Statistics – Device Status Information Description
Field Description
Hostname Displays the unique administrator-assigned name of the controller.
Profile Identifies the Profile that has been assigned to the controller.
Primary IP/IPv6 Displays the IPv4 or IPv6 address assigned to the controller either through DHCP or through static IP assignment.
Site Displays the RF Domain name of which the controller is a member. Unlike a controller or service platform, a AP can belong to one RF Domain only, based on its model.
Adoption Indicates that this device is the adopting Controller.
Location Displays the geographical location of the Site (RF Domain), if it is configured. If this parameter is not configured, the Site name appears in this field by default.
Uptime Displays the cumulative time since the controller was last rebooted or lost power.
Clock Displays the date, time, and time zone of system clock.
Country Code Displays the country code assigned to the controller.

Resources

Controller Statistics - Example Resources Display shows an example of Resources information displayed for controllers in the RF Domain.

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Controller Statistics - Example Resources Display

Controller Statistics – Resources Information Description describes the information displayed.

Table 4. Controller Statistics – Resources Information Description
Resource Description
CPU

Displays the percentage of total available CPU currently in use.

Disk

Displays the percentage of total available disk space currently in use.

Hover over the colored area to view a pop-up detailing current disk usage in megabytes (MB).

RAM

Displays the percentage of total available RAM currently in use.

Hover over the colored area to view a pop-up detailing current memory usage in megabytes (MB).

Buffers

Displays the current buffers available to the controller.

Hover over the bar graph lines to view a pop-up detailing buffer size, current utilization, and buffer limit.

GbE Port

Controller Statistics - Example GbE Port Information Display and Controller Statistics - Example GbE Port Details Display show an example of Gigabit Ethernet port information displayed for controllers in the RF Domain.

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Controller Statistics - Example GbE Port Information Display

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Controller Statistics - Example GbE Port Details Display

Controller Statistics – GbE Port Information Description describes the information displayed in the preceding figures.

Table 5. Controller Statistics – GbE Port Information Description
Element Description
GbE Port Displays the Gigabit Ethernet port name (geX) and interface MAC address.
Info
MAC Displays the interface MAC address.
Enabled

Indicates the interface status, as follows:

    • interface ADMINistrative status = Enabled
    • interface OPERational status = Up
    • interface ADMINistrative status = Disabled
    • interface OPERational status is Down
MTU Identifies the largest IPv6-formatted packet size that can be sent over this interface.
Speed Displays the configured interface speed and the actual operating speed, as follows:
  • Admin: Displays the configured maximum speed (in Mbps) at which the port can transmit or receive. This value can be either 10, 100, 1000 or Auto. Auto indicates the speed is negotiated between connected devices.

  • Oper: Displays the current speed of the data transmitted and received over the interface.
Duplex Displays the configured duplex setting and the actual duplex setting in use, as follows:
  • Admin: Displays the configured Duplex setting for the interface. This value can be either Auto, H (half duplex), or F (full ). Auto indicates the duplex mode is negotiated between connected devices.

  • Oper: Displays the current operating Duplex mode of interface as either H (half duplex) or F (full duplex).
Traffic
Packets

RX PKTS: Displays the number of good packets received.

TX PKTS: Displays the number of good packets transmitted.

Bytes

RX Bytes: Displays the number of octets (bytes) with no errors received by the interface.

TX Bytes: Displays the number of octets (bytes) with no errors sent by the interface.

Port
Mode The Mode can be either of the following:
  • Access: This Ethernet interface accepts packets only from the native VLANs.
  • Trunk: This Ethernet interface allows packets from a list of VLANs you can add to the trunk.
Tagged

Indicates whether the VLAN is tagged, as follows:

  • : means the native VLAN is tagged.
  • : means the native VLAN is untagged.
VLAN Displays the tag assigned to the native VLAN (if mode is Trunk) or the access VLAN (if mode is Access).
FA VLAN Displays the tag assigned to the Fabric Attach (FA) client VLAN (if mode is Access).
Allowed VLANs Displays the VLANs that exclusively send packets over the port (if mode is Trunk).
IP
IPv4 Displays the IP address of the interface.
Primary The presence of a check mark indicates that the IP address is assigned to this interface either through DHCP or through static IP assignment.
Default Gateway Displays the Default Gateway's IP address. This is the gateway used to route traffic to the specified network.
Name Server Displays the names of the servers designated to provide DNS resources to this access point.
RX Packets Displays the number of multicast/unicast/broadcast packets received through the selected GbE interface in a pie chart.
TX Packets Displays the number of multicast/unicast/broadcast packets sent through the selected GbE interface in a pie chart
Errors
RX Displays RX Errors in a pie chart, as follows:
  • FIFO Errors: Displays the number of FIFO errors received at the interface. First-In First-Out queueing is an algorithm that involves buffering and forwarding of packets in the order of arrival. FIFO entails no priority for traffic. There is only one queue, and all packets are treated equally.
  • Frame Errors: Displays the number of frame errors received at the interface. A frame error occurs when a byte of data is received, but not in the format expected.
  • Length Errors: Displays the number of length errors received at the interface. Length errors are generated when the received frame length was less than (or exceeded) the Ethernet standard.
  • Missed Errors: Displays the number of missed packets. Packets are missed when the hardware received FIFO has insufficient space to store the incoming packet.
  • Oversize Errors: Displays the number of overflow errors. An overflow occurs when packet size exceeds the allocated buffer size.
TX Displays TX Errors in a pie chart, as follows:
  • Error: Displays the number of packets with errors transmitted on the interface.
  • FIFO: Displays the number of FIFO errors received at the interface. Firstin-First-Out queueing is an algorithm that involves the buffering and forwarding of packets in the order of arrival. FIFO entails no priority for traffic. There is only one queue, and all packets are treated equally.
  • Aborted: Displays the number of packets aborted on the interface because a clear-to-send request was not detected.
  • Carrier: Displays the number of carrier errors on the interface. This generally indicates bad Ethernet hardware or cabling.
  • Heart Beat: Displays the number of heartbeat errors. This generally indicates a software crash or packets stuck in an endless loop.
  • Window Errors: Displays the number of window errors transmitted. TCP uses a sliding window flow control protocol. In each TCP segment, the receiver specifies the amount of additional received data (in bytes) in the receive window field the receiver is willing to buffer for the connection. The sending host can send only up to that amount. If the sending host transmits more data before receiving an acknowledgment from the receiving host, it constitutes a window error.
Bad Pkts Received Displays the number of bad packets received through the interface.
MAC TX Errors Displays the number of transmits that failed because of an internal MAC sublayer error that is not a late collision, excessive collision count, or a carrier sense error.
MAC RX Errors Displays the number of received packets failed because of an internal MAC sublayer that is not a late collision, excessive collision count, or a carrier sense error.
Collisions Displays the number of collisions on the interface.
Excessive Collisions Displays the number of excessive collisions. Excessive collisions occur when the traffic load increases to the point that a single Ethernet network cannot handle it efficiently.
Late Collisions A late collision is any collision that occurs after the first 64 octets of data have been sent by the sending client. Late collisions are not normal, and are usually the result of out-of-specification cabling or a malfunctioning device.
Drop Events Displays the number of dropped packets transmitted or received through the interface.
TX Undersize Pkts Displays the number of undersized packets transmitted through the interface.
Oversize Pkts Displays the number of oversized packets transmitted through the interface.
Bad CRC Displays the CRC error. The Cyclical Redundancy Check (CRC) is the 4-byte field at the end of every frame. The receiving station uses it to interpret whether the frame is valid. If the CRC value computed by the interface does not match the value at the end of the frame, it is considered a bad CRC.

VLAN

Controller Statistics - Example VLAN Information Display and Controller Statistics – VLAN Details Display show an example of VLAN information displayed for controllers in the RF Domain.

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Controller Statistics - Example VLAN Information Display

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Controller Statistics – VLAN Details Display

NTP

Controller Statistics - Example NTP Information Display and Controller Statistics – NTP Status Details Display show examples of Network Time Protocol (NTP) information displayed for controllers in the RF Domain. This information is presented in tabular form.

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Controller Statistics - Example NTP Information Display

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Controller Statistics – NTP Status Details Display

Controller Statistics - NTP Information Description describes the type of information displayed under each column in the table.

Table 6. Controller Statistics - NTP Information Description
Column Heading Description
Clock Offset Displays the time differential between the controller's time and its NTP resource‘s time.
Frequency Indicates the SNTP server clock‘s skew (difference) for the controller.
Leap Indicates if a second is added or subtracted to SNTP packet transmissions, or if transmissions are synchronized.
Precision Displays the precision of the time clock (in Hz). The values that normally appear in this field range from -6 (for mains-frequency clocks) to -20 (for microsecond clocks).
Reference Time Displays a time stamp indicating when the controller‘s clock was last synchronized or corrected.
Reference Displays the address of the time source with which the controller is synchronized.
Root Delay Displays the total round-trip delay in seconds. This variable can take on both positive and negative values, depending on relative time and frequency offsets. The values that normally appear in this field range from negative values (a few milliseconds) to positive values (several hundred milliseconds).
Root Dispersion Displays the difference between the time on the root NTP server and its reference clock. The reference clock is the clock used by the NTP server to set its own clock.
Stratum Displays how many hops the controller is from its current NTP time resource.

Adoption History

Controller Statistics - Example Adoption History Display shows an example of Adoption History information displayed for controllers in the RF Domain.

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Controller Statistics - Example Adoption History Display

Pending Adoption

Controller Statistics - Example Pending Adoption Display shows an example of Pending Adoption information displayed for controllers in the RF Domain.

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Controller Statistics - Example Pending Adoption Display

Upgrade History

Controller Statistics - Example Adoption History Display shows an example of Upgrade History information displayed for controllers in the RF Domain.

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Controller Statistics - Example Upgrade History Display

Reboot History

Controller Statistics - Example Reboot History Display shows an example of Reboot information displayed for controllers in the RF Domain.

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Controller Statistics - Example Reboot History Display