Sent and received bytes

[Lars Ebeling]

Dear All,

is there a standard utility that shows number of bytes sent and received on a LAN.

I think netstat shows packets of variable sizes.

Regards
Lars Ebeling

[GGA · Accepted solution]

hello
lanadmin
regards gga

[saju_2]

HI

First identity which lan card you want to monitor

If it is lan3

go to lanadmin--- select lan option
change the ppa to the ppa of lan3 (By default it will show statistics for ppa 0)

then select display. It will show inforamtion which you require.

For EG:

PPA Number = 3
Administration Status (value) = up(1)
Operation Status (value) = up(1)
Last Change = 12264
Inbound Octets = 3682939576
Inbound Unicast Packets = 2020740849
Inbound Non-Unicast Packets = 5897825
Inbound Discards = 0
Inbound Errors = 0
Inbound Unknown Protocols = 269
Outbound Octets = 2440647445
Outbound Unicast Packets = 547209813
Outbound Non-Unicast Packets = 944109
Outbound Discards = 0
Outbound Errors = 0
Outbound Queue Length = 0
Specific = 655367
Index = 7
Alignment Errors = 0
FCS Errors = 0
Single Collision Frames = 0
Multiple Collision Frames = 0
Deferred Transmissions = 0
Late Collisions = 0
Excessive Collisions = 0
Internal MAC Transmit Errors = 0
Carrier Sense Errors = 0
Frames Too Long = 0
Internal MAC Receive Errors = 0



Regards
CS

[Lars Ebeling]

I had a look at lanadmin manpages. I can't find any option for Immediate mode. I want to use the command in a script.

Thanks
Lars

[Bharat Katkar]

HI Lars,
You can use lanadmin and follow thr' the menu as:

# lanadmin
lan
ppa
display

This will display all statistics including incoming/outgoing packets.

Regards,

[Lars Ebeling]

Thanks

I tested this:
# lanadmin <> lan
> ppa 0
> display
> quit
> EOF

And that worked.

Regards
Lars

[Lars Ebeling]

Next question about bytes. Is there a way to see bytes/sec?

A command to be used in a script.

Regards
Lars

[Bharat Katkar]

HI Lars,
DO you have glance installed. If so you can just go through it (see man glance) and you will get a exact command to monitor network traffic.

If glance is not availble, install it (free for 60 days) or use perfview.

Regards,

[Lars Ebeling]

The background to my questions. I lost my job one year ago. I got HP-UX servers with me when I left (D380 with 11.11). Now I am working with the Hobbit-monitor software.
This means that I need totally free software.

Regards
Lars

[Bharat Katkar]

I don't mind if you pay for glance :).
But if purchasing is not possible then either go with the evaluation copy or free software.
GlancePlus is available on the CD that ship with HPUX CD Set.

Regards,

[Muthukumar_5]

netstat -ivn is the best utility to get lan statistics.

#!/bin/ksh
# status.ksh
while [[ 1 ]]
do
netstat -ivn
sleep 5
clear
done

# chmod u+x status.ksh
# ./status.ksh &

hth.

[Lars Ebeling]

My conclusion is that there is no standard utility that shows bytes sent and received/sec

[rick jones]

Actually, if you are up on contemporary patches, lanadmin with the -g option is an "immediate mode"

lanadmin -g mibstats

I think that is available even as far back as 11.0.