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/stats/l3/if <interface number>
Interface Statistics
 
IP interface 1 statistics:
ifInOctets: 48948386 ifInUcastPkts: 220553
ifInNUCastPkts: 167895 ifInDiscards: 0
ifInErrors: 0 ifInUnknownProtos: 0
ifOutOctets: 27100789 ifOutUcastPkts: 441938
ifOutNUcastPkts: 218652 ifOutDiscards: 0
ifOutErrors: 0 ifStateChanges 1
Interface statistics are described in the following table:
 
Interface Statistics (/stats/if) 
Statistic
Description
ifInOctets
The number of octets received on the interface, including framing characters.
ifInUcastPkts
The number of packets delivered by this sub-layer to a higher sub- layer which were not addressed to a multicast or broadcast address at this sub-layer.
ifInNUCastPkts
The number of packets, delivered by this sub-layer to a higher sub- layer which were addressed to a multicast or broadcast address at this sub-layer. This object is deprecated in favor of ifInMulticastPkts and ifInBroadcastPkts.
ifInDiscards
The number of inbound packets that were chosen to be discarded, even though no errors had been detected to prevent their being delivered to a higher-layer protocol. One possible reason for discarding such a packet could be to free up buffer space.
ifInErrors
For packet-oriented interfaces, the number of inbound packets that contained errors preventing them from being delivered to a higher-layer protocol. For character-oriented or fixed-length interfaces, the number of inbound transmission units that contained errors preventing them from being deliverable to a higher-layer protocol.
ifInUnknownProtos
For packet-oriented interfaces, the number of packets received via the interface which were discarded because of an unknown or unsupported protocol. For character-oriented or fixed-length interfaces which support protocol multiplexing the number of transmission units received via the interface which were discarded because of an unknown or unsupported protocol. For any interface which does not support protocol multiplexing, this counter is always 0.
ifOutOctets
The number of octets transmitted out of the interface, including framing characters.
ifOutUcastPkts
The number of packets that higher-level protocols requested to be transmitted, and which were not addressed to a multicast or broadcast address at this sub-layer, including those that were discarded or not sent.
ifOutNUcastPkts
The number of packets that higher-level protocols requested to be transmitted, and which were addressed to a multicast or broadcast address at this sub-layer, including those that were discarded or not sent. This object is deprecated in favor of ifOutMulticastPkts and ifOutBroadcastPkts.
ifOutDiscards
The number of outbound packets, which were chosen to be discarded even though no errors had been detected to prevent their being transmitted. One possible reason for discarding such a packet could be to free up buffer space.
ifOutErrors
For packet-oriented interfaces, the number of outbound packets that could not be transmitted because of errors. For character-oriented or fixed-length interfaces, the number of outbound transmission units that could not be transmitted because of errors.
ifStateChanges
The number of times an interface has transitioned from either down to up, or from up to down.