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ONTAP 9.14.1 performance counter mapping
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This table tracks hardware network traffic performance and errors for all supported network interface cards (NIC), such as Intel Niantic, Qlogic, and CNA.

Classic Object: nic_common

Table Row IDs

ID Format Aggregation Type Comment

{instance_name}

(not applicable)

This represents the construction of the row ID field, which is a single unique string that identifies a row.

Properties

This section describes the mapping between classic (ONTAPI) string counter names and REST property names.

Classic String Counter REST Property Description

node_name

node.name

Node name.

node_uuid

node.uuid

Node UUID

nic_type

type

NIC card type, such as ixgbe or qlge

link_current_state

link_current_state

Current link state

link_media_state

link_media_state

Current media state is active or no carrier

link_duplex

link_duplex

Link duplex setting is half or full

link_speed

link_speed

Link speed

link_flowcontrol

link_flowcontrol

Current link flow control state (Transmit or Receive or Both)

rss_enabled

rss_enabled

Indicates whether the interface is enabled for RSS. Value can be on or off

Counters

This section describes the mapping between classic (ONTAPI) numeric counter names and REST counter names.

Classic Numeric Counter REST Counter Description

nic_ipspace

ipspace

IPSpace of an interface

rx_frames_per_sec

receive_frames_per_sec

Frames received per second

rx_frames

receive_frames

Frames received

rx_bytes_per_sec

receive_bytes_per_sec

Bytes received per second

rx_bytes

receive_bytes

Bytes received

rx_errors_per_min

receive_errors_per_min

Error received per minute

rx_errors

receive_errors

Error received

rx_discards_per_min

receive_discards_per_min

Discarded receiving frames per minute

rx_discards

receive_discards

Discarded receiving frames

rx_total_frames

receive_total_frames

Total frames received

rx_total_bytes

receive_total_bytes

Total bytes received

rx_total_errors

receive_total_errors

Total errors received

rx_total_discards

receive_total_discards

Total queue drop or discard frame received

rx_multi_broadcast

receive_multicast_broadcast

Multicast or broadcast frames received

rx_no_buffers

receive_no_buffers

No receiving buffer available counter

rx_non_primary_uc

receive_non_primary_unicast

Frames with non-primary unicast address received

rx_lro_segments

receive_lro_segments

LRO (Large Receive Offload) segments received

rx_lro_bytes

receive_lro_bytes

LRO (Large Receive Offload) bytes received

rx_lro6_segments

receive_lro6_segments

IPv6 frame LRO (Large Receive Offload) segments received

rx_lro6_bytes

receive_lro6_bytes

IPv6 frame LRO (Large Receive Offload) bytes received

rx_mcast_v6_solicit

receive_multicast_v6_solicit

IPv6 multicast received

rx_tag_drop

receive_tag_drop

Dropped frames with tag received

rx_vlan_tag_drop

receive_vlan_tag_drop

Dropped frames with tag on a VLAN received

rx_vlan_untag_drop

receive_vlan_untag_drop

Dropped frames without tag received

rx_vlan_forwards

receive_vlan_forwards

Frames received which are forwarded on the VLAN

rx_vlan_broadcasts

receive_vlan_broadcasts

Frames received which are broadcasted onto a VLAN

rx_vlan_unicasts

receive_vlan_unicasts

Frames received which are unicasted on the VLAN

tx_frames_per_sec

transmit_frames_per_sec

Frames sent per second

tx_frames

transmit_frames

Frames sent

tx_bytes_per_sec

transmit_bytes_per_sec

Bytes sent per second

tx_bytes

transmit_bytes

Bytes sent

tx_errors_per_min

transmit_errors_per_min

Error sent per minute

tx_errors

transmit_errors

Error sent

tx_discards_per_min

transmit_discards_per_min

Discarded frames sent per minute

tx_discards

transmit_discards

Discards frames sent

tx_total_frames

transmit_total_frames

Total frames sent

tx_total_bytes

transmit_total_bytes

Total bytes sent

tx_total_errors

transmit_total_errors

Total errors sent

tx_total_discards

transmit_total_discards

Total queue drops on sending

tx_multi_broadcast

transmit_multicast_broadcast

Total multicast/broadcast frames sent

tx_queue_overflows

transmit_queue_overflows

Sending queue overflows counter

tx_no_buffers

transmit_no_buffers

No sending buffers available count

tx_frames_queued

transmit_frames_queued

Sent frames queued

tx_buffer_coalesces (Deprecated)

transmit_buffer_coalesces

Sending coalesces buffers

tx_mtus_too_big

transmit_mtus_too_big

Oversized packets sent (MTUs too big)

tx_tso_segments

transmit_tso_segments

TSO (TCP Segmentation Offload) segments sent

tx_tso_bytes

transmit_tso_bytes

TSO (TCP Segmentation Offload) bytes sent

tx_tso6_segments

transmit_tso6_segments

IPv6 frame TSO (TCP Segmentation Offload) segments sent

tx_tso6_bytes

transmit_tso6_bytes

IPv6 frame TSO (TCP Segmentation Offload) bytes sent

tx_mcast_v6_solicit

transmit_multicast_v6_solicit

IPv6 multicast transmitted

hwassist

hwassist

HW offload capability of the interface

tx_ltm_fastp_calls (Deprecated)

transmit_ltm_fast_path_calls

LTM (LAN Topology Module) sending fast path call counter

tx_ltm_busy_calls (Deprecated)

transmit_ltm_busy_calls

LTM (LAN Topology Module) sending failed or busy call counter

tx_ltm_update_calls (Deprecated)

transmit_ltm_update_calls

LTM (LAN Topology Module) sending update call counter

tx_ltm_yield_calls (Deprecated)

transmit_ltm_yield_calls

LTM (LAN Topology Module) sending yield call counter

tx_ltm_total_calls (Deprecated)

transmit_ltm_total_calls

LTM (LAN Topology Module) sending call counter

total_bytes

total_bytes

Bytes received and sent

total_errors

total_errors

Error received and sent

rx_crc_errors

receive_crc_errors

CRC errors detected on received packets

rx_unsupported_op

receive_unsupported_op

Total number of unsupported MAC Control Opcode received in Ethernet MAC control
frame format field

rx_length_errors

receive_length_errors

Length errors detected on received packets

rx_runt_frames

receive_runt_frames

Very short frames received

rx_fragment

receive_fragment

Fragmented frames received

rx_long_frames

receive_long_frames

Very long frames received

rx_jabber

receive_jabber

Jabber frames received

rx_illegal_symbol

receive_illegal_symbol

Illegal symbol frames received

rx_error_symbol

receive_error_symbol

Error symbol frames received

rx_alignment_errors

receive_alignment_errors

Alignment errors detected on received packets

rx_bus_overruns

receive_bus_overruns

Bus overruns received

rx_xon

receive_xon

Xon frames received

rx_xoff

receive_xoff

Xoff frames received

rx_jumbo

receive_jumbo

Jumbo frames received

tx_hw_errors

transmit_hw_errors

Transmit errors reported by hardware

tx_link_down_drop

transmit_link_down_drop

Transmit packets dropped by hardware because the link was down

tx_cfg_up_down

transmit_config_up_down

Link down state changes

tx_bus_overruns

transmit_bus_overruns

Bus overruns sent

collisions

collisions

Collisions on CSMA interfaces

tx_max_collisions

transmit_max_collisions

Maximum collisions sent

tx_single_collisions

transmit_single_collisions

Single collisions sent

tx_multi_collisions

transmit_multiple_collisions

Multiple collisions sent

tx_late_collisions

transmit_late_collisions

Late collisions sent

tx_xon

transmit_xon

Transmitter on (XON) frames sent

tx_xoff

transmit_xoff

Transmitter Off (XOFF) frames sent

tx_jumbo

transmit_jumbo

Jumbo frames sent

link_up_to_downs

link_up_to_down

Number of link state change from UP to DOWN.

rss_itable_updates

rss_itable_updates

Number of hash table updates

rss_hash_errors

rss_hash_errors

Number of hash errors

rss_num_of_queues_used

rss_num_of_queues_used

Number of queues used in RSS

rss_matrix

rss_matrix

Matrix of RSS queue stats. The distribution of packet processing on each network
queue. Each queue will have Transmit/Receive frames/bytes counting and requeue
counting

rss_cg_stat

rss_cg_stat

RSS receive queue to CG queue mapping

Property/Counter Content Changes

This section describes any output value differences between the classic (ONTAPI) string counter and the respective REST property. It also describes array label name changes between classic array counters and respective REST array counters.

Table Aliases

This section describes aliases for aggregated tables.