Ethernet Interface/Port Performance threshold setting

The Ethernet Interface/Port Performance threshold setting configures the monitoring of an Ethernet network adapter’s performance characteristics. Parameters in this setting control the notification of these faults:

• High Broadcast Rate

• High Collision Rate

• High Discard Rate

• High Queue Drop Rate

• High Error Rate

• High Utilization

  One other parameter in this setting determines whether the IP Performance Manager analyzes subinterfaces, which are interfaces LayeredOver physical interfaces. For example, a physical interface in a Frame Relay or ATM network is configured with multiple virtual circuits, and each virtual circuit is associated with a subinterface.

  Note:

  A subinterface, similar to an interface, is an instance of the Interface class.

  Default values for the Ethernet Interface/Port Performance threshold setting lists the Ethernet Interface/Port Performance threshold setting parameters.

Table 1. Default values for the Ethernet Interface/Port Performance threshold setting

Parameter	Default Value	Description
AnalysisModeOfSubInterface-Performance	ENABLED,DISABLED Default: DISABLED	When enabled, the IP Performance Manager analyzes the performance of all subinterfaces of all objects in the threshold group.
BroadcastThreshold	0 to 100% Default: 15%	Upper threshold for broadcast traffic, expressed as a percentage of the total bandwidth.
CollisionThreshold	0 to 100% Default: 10%	Upper threshold for collisions, expressed as a percentage of the total number of output packets.
DiscardThreshold	0 to 100% Default: 5%	Upper threshold for dropped packets, expressed as a percentage of the total number of packets.
ErrorThreshold	0 to 100% Default: 10%	Upper threshold for packet errors, expressed as a percentage of the total number of packets.
MinimumTrafficThreshold	0 to 100% Default: 2%	Minimum packet rate for a network adapter, expressed as a percentage of total bandwidth. Value can be any number between 0.1 and 100.0. For example, 0.2 is a valid value.
QueueDropThreshold	0 to 100% Default: 1%	Acceptable percentage of packets that are dropped because of full queues, expressed as a percentage of the total number of packets.
UtilizationThreshold	0 to 100% Default: 40%	Upper threshold for link utilization, expressed as a percentage of the total bandwidth.