Interface Errors and Discards

Interface Errors and Discards report reveals interface error and discard data. A packet can have more than one error.

Device. Device hostname, IP address, or custom label. This is the host where the interface is configured.
Description. Text string associated with interface.
Transmit Errors. Packet error count on transmit.
Receive Errors. Packet error count on receive.
Transmit Discards. Count of packets abandoned at transmit time.
Receive Discards. Count of received packets discarded.

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Choose Device. Choose one or more host devices you want Interface Errors and Discards measurements for.

Choose time constraints. (,) Choose times for the Interface Errors and Discards. (For recently observed measurements, select Last Polled from the Date Range drop down list.)

Filter and reduce by row and by column. Sort and remove columns, group rows based on specific column values, and remove unwanted information from the table.

Chart, adjust output, and visualize. Fine tune report presentation and range of values displayed using the Report Settings dialog (optional).

Note: This report only returns Interface Errors and Discards metrics for devices that already have the appropriate WMI or SNMP credentials. For more information, see Using Credentials.

Note: To harvest data for this report, you must enable collection of Interface Utilization performance monitor data collection under Device Properties and ensure the Collect errors and discards data for all selected interfaces interface data collection configuration option is selected .

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Most generated Interface Errors and Discards report data can be printed, shared, and exported when selecting Expand () from the Dashboard Options () menu. After the report has been expanded, select export () to access the following options:

Export to PDF. Generate a PDF file of the report with user-defined page size and orientation.
Export Data. Export Interface Errors and Discards data and leverage outside of WhatsUp Gold.
Schedule Export. Set a recurring date and time, format, and email destination for report data export.

Control	Purpose
Device	Browse and choose a single device.
Single Interface	Choose an interface on a device.
Device Group	Choose an existing group of one or more devices. You can also create custom or dynamic groups.

Control	Purpose
Date Range	Choose or define an overall date range.
Business hours	Focus on specific days of the week and periods within each day. Reveal trends that are sensitive to business hours, time zones, and other periodic attributes in the observed data.

Control	Purpose
Sort.	Sort column in ascending or descending order.
Columns.	Pick the columns you want to view. Click a check box to display the column. Clear the check box to hide it.
Group by this field.	Group table into collapsible rows wherever the current column contains identical data ("field") values.
Filters.	Provide a keyword to view only rows that contain the keyword for this column.

Control	Purpose
Show Top n Items	Limit items to the samples with the highest (or lowest) utilization.
Threshold Type	Switch between minimum or maximum mode for cutoff values for the ranked list. At or Over. Show peak usage period. (Utilization percentage equal to or greater than Threshold.) At or Under. Show usage periods where resources are unused or possibly down. (Utilization percentage equal to or less than Threshold.)
Threshold (percent)	Baseline value used to trim ranked device list based on peak or subpeak capacity when returning the Top n.

Control	Purpose
Display Options	Present data as a chart, a table grid, or both.
Chart Type	Gauge charts. Available when you select a Date Range of Last Polled . Time series. Available when you select a Date Range interval (Today , for example). Line/Area. Scatter graph that connects adjacent measurements with straight lines. Spline/Area Spline. Choose a graph with a smoothed appearance where adjacent samples exhibit a gradual slope.
Chart Options	Legend, Grid Lines, Range Selector. Include legend, grid lines, and range selector for readability. Trend Lines. Present data with a smoothed average to show trend.

Interface Errors and Discards

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Choose time constraints for data view

Filter and pick by column

Specify threshold and top n:

Chart and visualize data over time (single device )

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