Hi All,
Can somebody clarify me on the
following two definitions for Ethernet frames
- "aFramesLostDueToIntMACRcvError", section
5.2.2.1.15 from IEEE-802.3-2000 Std,
Definition : A
count of frames that would otherwise be received by the station, but
could
not be accepted due to an internal MAC sublayer receive error. If
this
counter is incremented, then none of the other counters in this
subclause are
incremented.The exact meaning and mechanism for incrementing
this
counter is implementation dependent.
- "etherStatsDropEvents", RFC 1757, Remote
Network Monitoring Management Information Base (MIB)
Definition :
"The total number of events in which
packets were dropped by the probe due to
lack of resources. Note that this
number is not necessarily the number of packets
dropped; it is just the
number of times this condition has been detected."
::= { etherStatsEntry 3 }
Are both the definitions same from the implementation point of
view.
For example, if we define the Ingress (Rx) FIFO
overflow error as a MAC internal
error,
then can it be taken as the "lack of resources"
in "etherStatsDropEvents".
Otherwise, can the "etherStatsDropEvents" be
defied as the drop events for packets which
has been dropped/discarded because of some
filtering options, while receiving an Ethernet frame.
Looking forward for an early
response.
Rgds
Kamal Jain [SMTS]
GDA Technologies
Ltd.