SOS Network Summary

The Network Summary Screen

The Network Summary screen displays network performance information.

Figure 18.1 SOS Network Summary screen

To access the Network Summary screen from any SOS display screen:

Type s from the SOS Enter command: prompt to view the Screen Selection Menu screen.

From the Screen Selection Menu screen, enter l (Network Summary). The Network Summary screen will display. Figure 18.1 shows an example of the screen.

Network Summary Screen Display Items

NETWORK SUMMARY

The NETWORK SUMMARY portion of the screen displays the network traffic information from the perspective of each protocol. Each data item is described in the next table.

Table 18.1

Data Item	Description
Protocol	The network protocols used for communication between systems.
Packets In/s	The number of packets received per second (the value in brackets is cumulative).
Packets Out/s	The number of packets sent per second.
Errors In%	The percentage of packets read during the interval that resulted in error.
Errors Out%	The percentage of packets written during the interval that resulted in error.

SOS NETWORK SUMMARY data items

NETWORK INTERFACES

The NETWORK INTERFACES portion of the Network Summary screen displays performance information on a per-network-interface basis. Each data item is described in Table 18.2.

Table 18.2

Data Item	Description
Interf	The name of the network interface.
Packets In/s	The number of packets received per second for the specific interface (the value in brackets is cumulative).
Packets Out/s	The number of packets sent per second for the specific interface.
Collision%	The number of output packets sent that resulted in a collision (see "collision").
Error In%	The percentage of packets read during the interval that resulted in error.
Error Out%	The percentage of packets written during the interval that resulted in error.
TOTALS	Data values from a system-wide perspective.

SOS NETWORK INTERFACES data items