# Graphing Ethernet Errors tab using EDM

Use the following procedure to view read-only information about port Ethernet error statistics.

## Prerequisites

- Open one of the supported browsers.

- Enter the IP address of the switch to open an EDM session.

## Procedure steps

1. In the Device Physical View, select one or multiple ports.

2. From the navigation tree, double-click Graph.

3. In the Graph tree, double-click Port.

4. In the work area, click the Ethernet Errors tab to view information about port Ethernet error statistics.

## Variable definitions

The following table describes the fields of Ethernet Errors tab.

Field | Description
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AlignmentErrors | Indicates the count of frames received on a particular interface that are not an integral number of octets in length and do not pass the FCS check. The count represented by an instance of this object is incremented after the alignmentError status is returned by the MAC service to the LLC (or other MAC user). Received frames for which multiple error conditions occur are, according to the conventions of IEEE 802.3 Layer management, counted exclusively according to the error status presented to the LLC.
FCSErrors | Indicates the count of frames received on a particular interface that are an integral number of octets in length but do not pass the FCS check. The count represented by an instance of this object is incremented after the frameCheckError status is returned by the MAC service to the LLC (or other MAC user). Received frames for which multiple error conditions occur are, according to the conventions of IEEE 802.3 Layer management, counted exclusively according to the error status presented to the LLC.
InternalMacTransmitErrors | Indicates the count of frames for which transmission on a particular interface fails due to an internal MAC sublayer transmit error. A frame is only counted by an instance of this object if it is not counted by the corresponding instance of either the LateCollisions object, the ExcessiveCollisions object, or the CarrierSenseErrors object.
InternalMacReceiveErrors | Indicates the count of frames for which reception on a particular interface fails due to an internal MAC sublayer receive error. A frame is only counted by an instance of this object if it is not counted by the corresponding instance of either the FrameTooLongs object, the AlignmentErrors object, or the FCSErrors object. The precise meaning of the count represented by an instance of this object is implementation specific. In particular, an instance of this object may represent a count of receive errors on a particular interface that are not otherwise counted.
CarrierSenseErrors | Indicates the number of times that the carrier sense condition was lost or never asserted after attempting to transmit a frame on a particular interface. The count represented by an instance of this object is incremented at most once for each transmission attempt, even if the carrier sense condition fluctuates during a transmission attempt.
FrameTooLongs | Indicates the count of frames received on a particular interface that exceed the maximum permitted frame size. The count represented by an instance of this object is incremented after the frameTooLong status is returned by the MAC service to the LLC (or other MAC user). Received frames for which multiple error conditions occur are, according to the conventions of IEEE 802.3 Layer Management, counted exclusively according to the error status presented to the LLC.
SQETestErrors | Indicates the count of times that the SQE TEST ERROR message is generated by the PLS sublayer for a particular interface. The SQE TEST ERROR message is defined in section 7.2.2.2.4 of ANSI/IEEE 802.3-1985 and its generation is described in section 7.2.4.6 of the same document.
DeferredTransmissions | Indicates the count of frames for which the first transmission attempt on a particular interface is delayed because the medium is busy. The count represented by an instance of this object does not include frames involved in collisions.
SingleCollisionFrames | Indicates the count of successfully transmitted frames on a particular interface for which transmission is inhibited by exactly one collision. A frame that is counted by an instance of this object is also counted by the corresponding instance of either the ifOutUcastPkts, ifOutMulticastPkts, or ifOutBroadcastPkts, and is not counted by the corresponding instance of the MultipleCollisionFrames object.
MultipleCollisionFrames | Indicates the count of successfully transmitted frames on a particular interface for which transmission is inhibited by more than one collision. A frame that is counted by an instance of this object is also counted by the corresponding instance of either the ifOutUcastPkts, ifOutMulticastPkts, or ifOutBroadcastPkts, and is not counted by the corresponding instance of the SingleCollisionFrames object.
LateCollisions | Indicates the number of times that a collision is detected on a particular interface later than 512 bit-times into the transmission of a packet. Five hundred and twelve bit-times corresponds to 51.2 microseconds on a 10 Mb/s system. A (late) collision included in a count represented by an instance of this object is also considered as a (generic) collision for purposes of other collision-related statistics.
ExcessiveCollisions | Indicates the count of frames for which transmission on a particular interface fails due to excessive collisions.