the dfe-550tx incorporates sixteen packet counters that can be used by network management applications. this is far greater than the three mandatory counters implemented by most other network interface cards. the large number of counters on the dfe-550tx allows network management applications to provide accurate and detailed statistics on a wide range of network attributes. the packet counters included are:

    1. framestransmittedok

    2. broadcastframestransmittedok

    3. multicastframestransmittedok

    4. octetstransmittedok

    5. frameswithdeferredxmission

    6. frameswithexcessivedeferral

    7. singlecollisionframes

    8. multiplecollisionframes

    9. latecollisions

    10. framesabortedduetoxscoll

    11. carriersenseerror

    12. framesreceivedok

    13. broadcastframesreceivedok

    14. multicastframesreceivedok

    15. octetsreceivedok

    16. frameslostrxerrors