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Show interface

abdulkarim041
Level 2
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Hi,

Following is the part from "show interface" command.

5 minute input rate 176000 bits/sec, 56 packets/sec

5 minute output rate 299000 bits/sec, 221 packets/sec

Is the meaning of theses values is the bandwidth used by traffic in link?  

BR

Abdul Karim

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Mark Malone
VIP Alumni
VIP Alumni

Hi

its the amount of traffic the interface has pushed in and out taken at a 5 minute sample rate

.022 MB inbound and .0375MB outbound

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Its the amount of bandwidth that has gone through in 5  minutes , I just changed the bits to mbs to make it clearer of how much traffic has gone through it can be awkward looking at bit rate when using 100mb and 1000mb interfaces and calculating against bits

you can change this value , if you were trying to capture burst traffic you would lower it to load interval 30 under the interface and that would change above , the default as you have above is 5 minutes , longer intervals can hide burst traffic , burst traffic can lead to buffers been flooded and output drops occurring so its handy to be able to lower it for testing reasons but generally don't touch it unless you need to , defaults are there for a reason maybe it leaving it at lower 30 might cause excessive cpu for that process as its calculating more frequently

You can also calculate how many drops per volume of traffic has gone through as well per interface , Cisco recommend no more than 1% , divide the output packets against the total output drop rate x 100

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Mark Malone
VIP Alumni
VIP Alumni

Hi

its the amount of traffic the interface has pushed in and out taken at a 5 minute sample rate

.022 MB inbound and .0375MB outbound

Thanks Mark

Is the meaning of theses values is the average bandwidth used by traffic in link during 5 min ?

how you have calculated the sample rate?

BR

Its the amount of bandwidth that has gone through in 5  minutes , I just changed the bits to mbs to make it clearer of how much traffic has gone through it can be awkward looking at bit rate when using 100mb and 1000mb interfaces and calculating against bits

you can change this value , if you were trying to capture burst traffic you would lower it to load interval 30 under the interface and that would change above , the default as you have above is 5 minutes , longer intervals can hide burst traffic , burst traffic can lead to buffers been flooded and output drops occurring so its handy to be able to lower it for testing reasons but generally don't touch it unless you need to , defaults are there for a reason maybe it leaving it at lower 30 might cause excessive cpu for that process as its calculating more frequently

You can also calculate how many drops per volume of traffic has gone through as well per interface , Cisco recommend no more than 1% , divide the output packets against the total output drop rate x 100

Thanks Mark,

I think its better to say average data rate during 5 mins which is 176000 bits/se.

Am I right?

BR

Abdul Karim

Yes you can say it like that

Thanks