COMNET III

COMNET III Reports and Statistics
1.10 FDDI Basic Link Monitors
Node Active Duration
Active Node Count
Token Rotation Time
Utilization
Transmission Delay
Frame Size
Sessions In-Progress
Measure the amount of time a node spends actively acquiring and using
the token to empty its output buffer. Once the output buffer is empty, the
node is no longer active. This monitor helps to identify if multiple token
rotations are required to empty a node’s buffer.
Measures the number of nodes actively trying to capture the token. This
is the number of nodes with non-empty buffers. The larger the number
of active nodes, the slower the token rotation will be or the less time a
node is allowed to transmit (for Priority Token Ring or FDDI).
Measure the average time for the token to pass to all the nodes connected
to the link.
Measure the percent capacity at which the link is utilized.
Measure the delay to transmit link layer frames across the link.
Measure the size of the link layer frames transmitted across the link.
Measure the number of sessions in progress on the link.
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