info

Use the info command to:

The statistics in network statistics tables are those gathered since the tables were last cleared. Normal users can view network statistics tables. Administrator (root) privileges are required to clear them.

Command Syntax

Clear Syntax

Enter the info command as shown below to clear network statistics tables:

info clear

Display Syntax: Network Statistics

Enter the info command as shown below to display statistics for IP, ICMP, TCP, UDP, Ethernet and Serial. 

info protocol_table
info interface_table

Command Fields

Command Field

Description

clear

Clears all network statistics tables.

protocol_table

Specifies one of the following tables:

Table

Contents

icmp

ICMP statistics

ip

IP statistics

tcp

TCP statistics

udp

UDP statistics

interface_table

Specifies one of the following tables:

Table

Contents

ether

Statistics collected on the Ethernet interface (PortServer TS 8/16)

network

Statistics collected on the Ethernet interface (Digi One RealPort, PortServer TS 2/4)

serial[:range] Statistics collected on the serial ports. If no range is specified, the number of received bytes and transmitted bytes is displayed for all ports. If a range is specified, detailed information is displayed for each port in range. This option is not supported on Digi One RealPort or PortServer TS 2/4.

Command Examples

Displaying the IP Table

In this example, the info command displays the IP table.

info ip

Clear All Network Statistics Tables

In this example, the info command clears all network statistics tables.

info clear

Command Output: ICMP

This section describes the fields displayed when you issue the info icmp command.

icmpInMsgs

ICMP messages received, including those counted by icmpInErrors

icmpInEchos

ICMP Echo Request messages received

icmpInEchoRp

ICMP Echo Reply messages received

icmpInDstUnrec

ICMP Destination Unreachable messages received

icmpInRedirect

ICMP Redirect messages received

icmpInParmProb

ICMP Parameter Problem messages received

icmpInTimeExcd

ICMP Time Exceeded messages received

icmpInSrcQuenc

ICMP Source Quench messages received

icmpInTimest

ICMP Timestamp Request messages received

icmpInTimestRp

ICMP Timestamp Reply messages received

icmpInAdrMsk

ICMP Address Mask Request messages received

icmpInAdrMskRp

ICMP Address Mask Reply messages received

icmpInErrors

ICMP messages received with ICMP-specific errors (for example, bad ICMP checksums or length)

icmpOutMsgs

ICMP messages that PortServer attempted to send, including those counted by icmpOutErrors

icmpOutEchoRp

ICMP Echo Reply messages sent

icmpOutEchos

ICMP Echo Request messages sent

icmpOutDstUnre

ICMP Destination Unreachable messages sent

icmpOutRedirec

ICMP Redirect messages sent

icmpOutParmPro

ICMP Parameter Problem messages sent

icmpOutTimeExc

ICMP Time Exceeded messages sent

icmpOutSrcQuen

ICMP Source Quench messages sent

icmpOutTimestR

ICMP Timestamp Reply messages sent

icmpOutTimest

ICMP Timestamp (request) messages sent

icmpOutAdrMskR

TICMP Address Mask Reply messages sent

icmpOutAdrMsk

ICMP Address Mask Request messages sent

Command Output: IP Statistics

This section describes the fields displayed when you issue the info ip command.

ipInReceives

Incoming datagrams, including any received in error

ipInHdrErrors

Incoming datagrams discarded due to IP header errors. Causes include bad checksums, version number mismatches, other format errors, time-to-live values exceeded, and errors discovered in processing IP options. Correctly configured networks produce few such errors.

ipInAddrErrors

Incoming datagrams discarded because the address in the IP header destination field was not valid for the PortServer’s network. This includes addresses of unsupported classes (Class E, for example). Correctly configured networks produce few such errors.

ipInUnknownProtos

Datagrams received successfully but discarded because of an unknown or unsupported protocol

ipInDiscards

Good incoming datagrams discarded for lack of resources, such as buffer space, including those discarded while awaiting reassembly

ipReasmOKs

IP datagrams successfully reassembled

ipReasmFails

Failures detected by the IP re-assembly algorithm. This is may not be a count of all discarded IP fragments because some algorithms (notably the algorithm in RFC 815) lose count by combining fragments as they are received.

ipForwDatagram

Incoming datagrams destined for another subnetwork to which the device/terminal server could not find a route

ipOutNoRoutes

Outgoing datagrams discarded because no route could be found to their destination. This includes datagrams:

  • Counted in ipForwDatagrams
  • That a host could not route because default gateways are down

Correctly configured networks produce few such errors.

ipOutRequests

Datagrams that local IP user protocols (including ICMP) supplied to IP for transmission, not including those counted in ipForwDatagrams

ipOutDiscards

Good outgoing datagrams discarded for lack of resources, including those counted in ipForwDatagrams

ipFragCreates

Datagram fragments generated by the device/terminal server

ipFragOKs

Datagrams successfully fragmented

Command Output: Network Statistics

This section describes the fields displayed when you issue the info ether command. This command reports activity on the Ethernet interface. Not all counters are displayed for all Digi device/terminal server products.

ifInOctets

Octets received, including framing characters

ifInUcastPkts

Subnetwork unicast packets delivered to higher-layer protocols

ifInNUcastPkts

Non-unicast (for example, subnetwork-broadcast or subnetwork multicast) packets delivered to a higher-layer

ifInDiscards

Inbound packets discarded, even though no error was detected that would prevent delivery to a higher-layer

ifInErrors

Inbound packets with errors that prevent delivery to a higher-layer

ifUnknownProtos

Inbound packets discarded because of unknown or unsupported protocols

ifOutOctets

Octets transmitted, including framing characters

ifOutUcastPkts

Outbound packets using the subnetwork unicast address, including discards

ifOutNUcastPkts

0utbound packets using a non-unicast (that is, a subnetwork broadcast or subnetwork multicast) address, including discards

ifOutDiscards

Error-free outbound packets discarded, possibly to free buffer space

ifOutErrors

Outbound packets not transmitted because of errors

In Total

Frames received

In IP

IP protocol frames received

In ARP

ARP frames received

Out Total

Frames sent by the device/terminal server

Out IP

IP frames sent

Out ARP

ARP frames sent

In Overruns

Times the Ethernet controller was unable to place a received frame in memory

In Unaligned

Misaligned frames received

In No Resource

Incoming frames not processed due to lack of available buffers

In Collision

Ethernet collisions detected after a destination address was received

In Short Frame

Short frames received

In Bad CRC

Frames received with bad CRC

Out No Carrier

Frames lost when lack of carrier was detected

Out Lost CTS

Frames lost when ClearToSend was reset

Out DMA Underrun

Frames lost because transmit buffers were not available

Out Deferred

Transmissions deferred

Out Collisions

Ethernet collisions detected after starting a transmission

Command Output: TCP Statistics

This section describes the fields displayed when you issue the info TCP command.

tcpInSegs

Segments received, including those received in error. This includes only segments received on currently established connections.

tcpInErrs

Segments received in error (for example, bad TCP checksums)

tcpEstabResets

Times that TCP connections made a direct transition to the CLOSED state from either the ESTABLISHED or CLOSE-WAIT states

tcpPassiveOpen

Times that TCP connections made a direct transition to the SYN-RCVD state from the LISTEN state

tcpAttemptFail

Times that TCP connections made a direct transition to the CLOSED state from either the SYN-SENT state or the SYN-RCVD state, plus the times TCP connections made a direct transition to the LISTEN state from the SYN-RCVD state

tcpOutSegs

Segments sent, including those on current connections. This excludes those containing only retransmitted octets.

tcpRetransSegs

Segments retransmitted, that is, the number of TCP segments transmitted containing one or more previously transmitted octets

tcpOutRsts

TCP segments sent containing the RST flag

tcpActiveOpens

Times TCP connections made a direct transition to the SYN-SENT state from the CLOSED state

Command Output: UDP Statistics

This section describes the fields displayed when you issue the info UDP command.

udpInDatagrams

Datagrams delivered to UDP users

udpInErrors

Received UDP datagrams that could not be delivered for any reason other than the lack of an application at the destination port

udpNoPorts

Received UDP datagrams for which there was no application at the destination port

udpOutDatagrams

UDP datagrams sent

Command Output: Serial Statistics

This section describes the fields displayed when you issue the info serial command.

sessX rbytes Number of bytes received in Session #X (where X is 1-9; see the sess option of the set ports command)
sessX tbytes Number of bytes transmitted from Session #X (where X is 1-9; see the sess option of the set ports command)
rts_sigchange Number of transitions of the RTS signal
cts_sigchange Number of transitions of the CTS signal
dsr_sigchange Number of transitions of the DSR signal
dcd_sigchange Number of transitions of the DCD signal
dtr_sigchange Number of transitions of the DTR signal
ri_sigchange Number of transitions of the RI signal
norun Number of overrun errors detected
noflow Number of overflow errors detected
nframe Number of frame errors detected
nparity Number of parity errors detected
nbreak Number of BREAKs received