Chapter 2 - Features set
User Manual
R5000 series - Web GUI
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Figure 6 - Switch Statistics
Total forwarded, dropped and ignored packets are displayed in real-time, too.
All these counters can be reset by pressing the «Reset All Counters» button.
Switch Statistics parameters:
Parameter
Description
Unicast
Sending a packet to a single host (network destination)
identified by a unique address
Broadcast
Sending a packet to all hosts (network destinations)
simultaneously (broadcasting is done by specifying a
special broadcast address on packets)
Flood
Sending a packet along the same link multiple times
(without specifying a destination address for the packets)
Several copies of the same packet would ultimately reach
all nodes in the network in flooding
STP
Spanning Tree Protocol - standardized as IEEE 802.1D
Creates a spanning tree within a network of connected
layer-2 bridges (typically Ethernet switches) and disables
those links that are not part of the spanning tree, leaving
a single active path between any two network nodes
The value displayed in the Switch Statistics table
represents the number of the packets blocked by the
Spanning Tree Protocol
Unreachable
The sender could not reach the specified network
destination
The value displayed in the Switch Statistics table
represents the number of the packets dropped because
they flood to unreachable destination
Firewall
A software or hardware-based network security system
that controls the incoming and outgoing network traffic by
analyzing the data packets and determining whether they
should be allowed through or not, based on applied rules
set