Network Interface Overview (PI_NETI)

Function

The Network Interface Overview (PI_NETI) stores the performance data per unit time on the rate of data and packet transfer made via TCP/IP connection and the number of various types of errors that occurred in the TCP/IP connection.

This is a multi-instance record.

Notes:
In an environment that uses both IPv4 and IPv6, consolidated IPv4 and IPv6 information is collected.

Default values and values that can be specified

ItemDefault valueModifiable
Collection Interval60Yes
Collection Offset#0Yes
LogNoYes
LOGIFBlankYes
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A value between 0 and 32,767 seconds can be specified (a value within the range specified for Collection Interval). Use this item to distribute the collection load, because executing data collection all at once results in concentration of the processing workload. Note that the data collection duration to be recorded is the same as the Collection Interval, regardless of the value specified for Collection Offset.

ODBC key fields

PI_NETI_INSTANCE

Lifetime

From NIC installation until its removal

Record size

Fields

PFM-View name
(PFM - Manager name name)
DescriptionSmryFormatDeltaNot sprtd onData source
Bytes Rcvd/sec (BYTES_RECEIVED_PER_SEC)Rate at which data was received through the network interface (bytes/second).AVGfloatNo----
Bytes Sent/sec (BYTES_SENT_PER_SEC)Rate at which data was sent through the network interface (bytes/second).AVGfloatNo----
Bytes Total/sec (BYTES_TOTAL_PER_SEC)Rate at which data was sent/received through the network interface (bytes/second).AVGfloatNo----
Current Bandwidth (CURRENT_BANDWIDTH)Estimated network interface bandwidth (bits/second). If the bandwidth was stable or an accurate bandwidth estimate could not be obtained, the field shows an estimated nominal bandwidth (bits/second).#AVGulongNo----
Instance (INSTANCE)Instance name for the network.
The instance name is a loopback address (127.0.0.1), NIC, or dial-out WAN wrapper for each device. It is displayed in the order of TCP/IP protocol binding (loopback is always the first) as follows:
- Driver name for NIC
COPYstring (256)No----
Interval (INTERVAL)Collection interval during which the record was stored (seconds).
For a real-time report, the first value is 5. If records are summarized into a historical report, the last stored value is displayed.
COPYulongNo--RECORD_TIME (T1) - RECORD_TIME (T0)
Interval2 (INTERVAL2)Collection interval during which the record was stored (seconds).
For a real-time report, the first value is 5. If records are summarized into a historical report, the total of the summarized records is displayed.
ADDulongNo--RECORD_TIME (T1) - RECORD_TIME (T0)
Output Queue Length (OUTPUT_QUEUE_LENGTH)Length of the outbound packet queue (number of packets). This field always shows 0 because the NDIS (Network Driver Interface Specification) puts the requests in the queue.#AVGulongNo----
Pkts Outbound Discarded (PACKETS_OUTBOUND_DISCARDED)Number of outbound packets selected for discarding by emptying the buffer area, even though no error preventing transmission was detected following the OS startup.#AVGulongNo----
Pkts Outbound Errors (PACKETS_OUTBOUND_ERRORS)Number of outbound packets that could not be transmitted due to an error following the OS startup.#AVGulongNo----
Pkts Rcvd Discarded (PACKETS_RECEIVED_DISCARDED)Number of received packets selected for discarding by emptying the buffer area, even though no error preventing transfer to an upper-layer protocol was detected following the OS startup.#AVGulongNo----
Pkts Rcvd Errors (PACKETS_RECEIVED_ERRORS)Number of received packets containing an error preventing transfer to an upper-layer protocol following the OS startup.#AVGulongNo----
Pkts Rcvd Non-Unicast/sec (PACKETS_REC_NON_UNICAST_PER_SEC)Rate at which non-unicast (subnet broadcast or subnet multicast) packets are transferred to an upper-layer protocol (packets/second).AVGfloatNo----
Pkts Rcvd Unicast/sec (PACKETS_REC_UNICAST_PER_SEC)Rate at which subnet unicast packets are transferred to an upper-layer protocol (packets/second).AVGfloatNo----
Pkts Rcvd Unknown (PACKETS_RECEIVED_UNKNOWN)Number of packets that were received through the network interface but were discarded due to an unknown or unsupported protocol following the OS startup.#AVGulongNo----
Pkts Rcvd/sec (PACKETS_RECEIVED_PER_SEC)Rate at which packets were received through the network interface (packets/second).AVGfloatNo----
Pkts Sent Non-Unicast/sec (PACKETS_SENT_NON_UNICAST_PER_SEC)Rate at which packets were transferred by an upper-layer protocol to non-unicast (subnet broadcast or subnet multicast) addresses (packets/second).AVGfloatNo----
Pkts Sent Unicast/sec (PACKETS_SENT_UNICAST_PER_SEC)Rate at which packets were transferred by an upper-layer protocol to subnet unicast addresses (packets/second).AVGfloatNo----
Pkts Sent/sec (PACKETS_SENT_PER_SEC)Rate at which packets were sent through the network interface (packets/second).AVGfloatNo----
Pkts/sec (PACKETS_PER_SEC)Rate at which packets were sent/received through the network interface (packets/second).AVGfloatNo----
Record Time (RECORD_TIME)Time at which the record was created.COPYtime_tNo----
Record Type (INPUT_RECORD_TYPE)Record name. Always NETI.COPYchar (8)No----
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