PRIMECLUSTER Global Link Services Configuration and Administration Guide: Multipath Function (for Solaris(TM) Operating Environment)

6.6.1 mpnetstat command

Name

mpnetstat - display network statistics

Synopsis

/opt/FJSVmpnet/bin/mpnetstat interface_name [-i time] [-n | -a]

Description

This command displays the amount of the transmission data of each device of the interface specified by the interface_name, and the specified interface status.

-i time : The amount of transmission data is displayed for every second interval specified by "time". When 0 is specified to be "time", it displays once.
-n : The number of error packets is not displayed.
-a : The amount of transmission data of each device of the specified interface and an interface is displayed. But the time and the state are not displayed.

Example

• Example of no option
  

  



• Example of "-n" option
  

  



• Example of "-a" option
  

  

Contents

Information output from the above examples is explained in "Table 6.5 Output information of the mpnetstat command."

[Table 6.5 Output information of the mpnetstat command]

Information	Description
Instance: mpnetX	The specified interface is displayed.
Mode: IOMP / MH / RR / DA / DSA	The distribution method of the specified interface is displayed. - IOMP : Multipath method - MH : Remote MAC Address distribution method - RR : Round Robin distribution method - DA : Destination IP Address distribution method - DSA : Destination/Source IP Address distribution method
Status: Online / Offline / Unconfigured	The state of the specified interface is displayed. - online : enable to communicate - offline : disable to communicate - unconfigured : All communication paths have been disconnected by the DR function.
Name	The device name of the interface is displayed.
Status	The state of the device is displayed. - active : enable to communicate or under operation - standby : ready for communication but in an idle state - stop : stopped state - fail : disabled for communication caused by a failure - busy : The communication path is being processed. - disconnected : The communication path has been disconnected by the DR function.
Ipkts	The number of the input packets for each device is displayed.
Ierrs	The number of the input error packets for each device is displayed.
Opkts	The number of the output packets for each device is displayed.
Oerrs	The number of the output error packets for each device is displayed.
Collis	The number of collisions is displayed.
%Ipkts	The rate of the number of input packets of the device to the total number of input packets is displayed.
%Opkts	The rate of the number of output packets of the device to the total number of output packets is displayed.

Notes

This command can only be issued by the super-user.

In the Multipath method, the amount of the packet data of a standby device may not be 0, because of transmissions, such as broadcasting data.