| .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR Linux-OpenIB |
| .. include:: <isonum.txt> |
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| ================ |
| Ethtool counters |
| ================ |
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| :Copyright: |copy| 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved. |
| |
| Contents |
| ======== |
| |
| - `Overview`_ |
| - `Groups`_ |
| - `Types`_ |
| - `Descriptions`_ |
| |
| Overview |
| ======== |
| |
| There are several counter groups based on where the counter is being counted. In |
| addition, each group of counters may have different counter types. |
| |
| These counter groups are based on which component in a networking setup, |
| illustrated below, that they describe:: |
| |
| ---------------------------------------- |
| | | |
| ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- | |
| | Hypervisor | | VM | | |
| | | | | | |
| | ------------------- --------------- | | ------------------- --------------- | | |
| | | Ethernet driver | | RDMA driver | | | | Ethernet driver | | RDMA driver | | | |
| | ------------------- --------------- | | ------------------- --------------- | | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | ------------------- | | ------------------- | | |
| | | | | | |-- |
| ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- |
| | | |
| ------------- ----------------------------- |
| | | |
| ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ |
| -----| PF |----------------------| VF |-| VF |-| VF |----- --| PF |--- --| PF |--- --| PF |--- |
| | ------ ------ ------ ------ | | ------ | | ------ | | ------ | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| | eSwitch | | eSwitch | | eSwitch | | eSwitch | |
| ---------------------------------------------------------- ----------- ----------- ----------- |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| | | |
| | | |
| | Uplink (no counters) | |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| | | |
| | | |
| | MPFS (no counters) | |
| --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| | |
| | |
| | Port |
| |
| Groups |
| ====== |
| |
| Ring |
| Software counters populated by the driver stack. |
| |
| Netdev |
| An aggregation of software ring counters. |
| |
| vPort counters |
| Traffic counters and drops due to steering or no buffers. May indicate issues |
| with NIC. These counters include Ethernet traffic counters (including Raw |
| Ethernet) and RDMA/RoCE traffic counters. |
| |
| Physical port counters |
| Counters that collect statistics about the PFs and VFs. May indicate issues |
| with NIC, link, or network. This measuring point holds information on |
| standardized counters like IEEE 802.3, RFC2863, RFC 2819, RFC 3635 and |
| additional counters like flow control, FEC and more. Physical port counters |
| are not exposed to virtual machines. |
| |
| Priority Port Counters |
| A set of the physical port counters, per priority per port. |
| |
| Types |
| ===== |
| |
| Counters are divided into three types. |
| |
| Traffic Informative Counters |
| Counters which count traffic. These counters can be used for load estimation |
| or for general debug. |
| |
| Traffic Acceleration Counters |
| Counters which count traffic that was accelerated by Mellanox driver or by |
| hardware. The counters are an additional layer to the informative counter set, |
| and the same traffic is counted in both informative and acceleration counters. |
| |
| .. [#accel] Traffic acceleration counter. |
| |
| Error Counters |
| Increment of these counters might indicate a problem. Each of these counters |
| has an explanation and correction action. |
| |
| Statistic can be fetched via the `ip link` or `ethtool` commands. `ethtool` |
| provides more detailed information.:: |
| |
| ip –s link show <if-name> |
| ethtool -S <if-name> |
| |
| Descriptions |
| ============ |
| |
| XSK, PTP, and QoS counters that are similar to counters defined previously will |
| not be separately listed. For example, `ptp_tx[i]_packets` will not be |
| explicitly documented since `tx[i]_packets` describes the behavior of both |
| counters, except `ptp_tx[i]_packets` is only counted when precision time |
| protocol is used. |
| |
| Ring / Netdev Counter |
| ---------------------------- |
| The following counters are available per ring or software port. |
| |
| These counters provide information on the amount of traffic that was accelerated |
| by the NIC. The counters are counting the accelerated traffic in addition to the |
| standard counters which counts it (i.e. accelerated traffic is counted twice). |
| |
| The counter names in the table below refers to both ring and port counters. The |
| notation for ring counters includes the [i] index without the braces. The |
| notation for port counters doesn't include the [i]. A counter name |
| `rx[i]_packets` will be printed as `rx0_packets` for ring 0 and `rx_packets` for |
| the software port. |
| |
| .. flat-table:: Ring / Software Port Counter Table |
| :widths: 2 3 1 |
| |
| * - Counter |
| - Description |
| - Type |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_packets` |
| - The number of packets received on ring i. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_bytes` |
| - The number of bytes received on ring i. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_packets` |
| - The number of packets transmitted on ring i. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_bytes` |
| - The number of bytes transmitted on ring i. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_recover` |
| - The number of times the SQ was recovered. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_cqes` |
| - Number of CQEs events on SQ issued on ring i. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_cqe_err` |
| - The number of error CQEs encountered on the SQ for ring i. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_tso_packets` |
| - The number of TSO packets transmitted on ring i [#accel]_. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_tso_bytes` |
| - The number of TSO bytes transmitted on ring i [#accel]_. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_tso_inner_packets` |
| - The number of TSO packets which are indicated to be carry internal |
| encapsulation transmitted on ring i [#accel]_. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_tso_inner_bytes` |
| - The number of TSO bytes which are indicated to be carry internal |
| encapsulation transmitted on ring i [#accel]_. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_gro_packets` |
| - Number of received packets processed using hardware-accelerated GRO. The |
| number of hardware GRO offloaded packets received on ring i. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_gro_bytes` |
| - Number of received bytes processed using hardware-accelerated GRO. The |
| number of hardware GRO offloaded bytes received on ring i. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_gro_skbs` |
| - The number of receive SKBs constructed while performing |
| hardware-accelerated GRO. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_gro_match_packets` |
| - Number of received packets processed using hardware-accelerated GRO that |
| met the flow table match criteria. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_gro_large_hds` |
| - Number of receive packets using hardware-accelerated GRO that have large |
| headers that require additional memory to be allocated. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_lro_packets` |
| - The number of LRO packets received on ring i [#accel]_. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_lro_bytes` |
| - The number of LRO bytes received on ring i [#accel]_. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_ecn_mark` |
| - The number of received packets where the ECN mark was turned on. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_oversize_pkts_buffer` |
| - The number of dropped received packets due to length which arrived to RQ |
| and exceed software buffer size allocated by the device for incoming |
| traffic. It might imply that the device MTU is larger than the software |
| buffers size. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `rx_oversize_pkts_sw_drop` |
| - Number of received packets dropped in software because the CQE data is |
| larger than the MTU size. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_csum_unnecessary` |
| - Packets received with a `CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY` on ring i [#accel]_. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_csum_unnecessary_inner` |
| - Packets received with inner encapsulation with a `CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY` |
| on ring i [#accel]_. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_csum_none` |
| - Packets received with a `CHECKSUM_NONE` on ring i [#accel]_. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_csum_complete` |
| - Packets received with a `CHECKSUM_COMPLETE` on ring i [#accel]_. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_csum_complete_tail` |
| - Number of received packets that had checksum calculation computed, |
| potentially needed padding, and were able to do so with |
| `CHECKSUM_PARTIAL`. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_csum_complete_tail_slow` |
| - Number of received packets that need padding larger than eight bytes for |
| the checksum. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_csum_partial` |
| - Packets transmitted with a `CHECKSUM_PARTIAL` on ring i [#accel]_. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_csum_partial_inner` |
| - Packets transmitted with inner encapsulation with a `CHECKSUM_PARTIAL` on |
| ring i [#accel]_. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_csum_none` |
| - Packets transmitted with no hardware checksum acceleration on ring i. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_stopped` / `tx_queue_stopped` [#ring_global]_ |
| - Events where SQ was full on ring i. If this counter is increased, check |
| the amount of buffers allocated for transmission. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_wake` / `tx_queue_wake` [#ring_global]_ |
| - Events where SQ was full and has become not full on ring i. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_dropped` / `tx_queue_dropped` [#ring_global]_ |
| - Packets transmitted that were dropped due to DMA mapping failure on |
| ring i. If this counter is increased, check the amount of buffers |
| allocated for transmission. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_nop` |
| - The number of nop WQEs (empty WQEs) inserted to the SQ (related to |
| ring i) due to the reach of the end of the cyclic buffer. When reaching |
| near to the end of cyclic buffer the driver may add those empty WQEs to |
| avoid handling a state the a WQE start in the end of the queue and ends |
| in the beginning of the queue. This is a normal condition. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_added_vlan_packets` |
| - The number of packets sent where vlan tag insertion was offloaded to the |
| hardware. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_removed_vlan_packets` |
| - The number of packets received where vlan tag stripping was offloaded to |
| the hardware. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_wqe_err` |
| - The number of wrong opcodes received on ring i. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_mpwqe_frag` |
| - The number of WQEs that failed to allocate compound page and hence |
| fragmented MPWQE’s (Multi Packet WQEs) were used on ring i. If this |
| counter raise, it may suggest that there is no enough memory for large |
| pages, the driver allocated fragmented pages. This is not abnormal |
| condition. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_mpwqe_filler_cqes` |
| - The number of filler CQEs events that were issued on ring i. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_mpwqe_filler_strides` |
| - The number of strides consumed by filler CQEs on ring i. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_mpwqe_blks` |
| - The number of send blocks processed from Multi-Packet WQEs (mpwqe). |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_mpwqe_pkts` |
| - The number of send packets processed from Multi-Packet WQEs (mpwqe). |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_cqe_compress_blks` |
| - The number of receive blocks with CQE compression on ring i [#accel]_. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_cqe_compress_pkts` |
| - The number of receive packets with CQE compression on ring i [#accel]_. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_arfs_add` |
| - The number of aRFS flow rules added to the device for direct RQ steering |
| on ring i [#accel]_. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_arfs_request_in` |
| - Number of flow rules that have been requested to move into ring i for |
| direct RQ steering [#accel]_. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_arfs_request_out` |
| - Number of flow rules that have been requested to move out of ring i [#accel]_. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_arfs_expired` |
| - Number of flow rules that have been expired and removed [#accel]_. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_arfs_err` |
| - Number of flow rules that failed to be added to the flow table. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_recover` |
| - The number of times the RQ was recovered. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_xmit_more` |
| - The number of packets sent with `xmit_more` indication set on the skbuff |
| (no doorbell). |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `ch[i]_poll` |
| - The number of invocations of NAPI poll of channel i. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `ch[i]_arm` |
| - The number of times the NAPI poll function completed and armed the |
| completion queues on channel i. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `ch[i]_aff_change` |
| - The number of times the NAPI poll function explicitly stopped execution |
| on a CPU due to a change in affinity, on channel i. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `ch[i]_events` |
| - The number of hard interrupt events on the completion queues of channel i. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `ch[i]_eq_rearm` |
| - The number of times the EQ was recovered. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `ch[i]_force_irq` |
| - Number of times NAPI is triggered by XSK wakeups by posting a NOP to |
| ICOSQ. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_congst_umr` |
| - The number of times an outstanding UMR request is delayed due to |
| congestion, on ring i. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_pp_alloc_fast` |
| - Number of successful fast path allocations. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_pp_alloc_slow` |
| - Number of slow path order-0 allocations. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_pp_alloc_slow_high_order` |
| - Number of slow path high order allocations. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_pp_alloc_empty` |
| - Counter is incremented when ptr ring is empty, so a slow path allocation |
| was forced. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_pp_alloc_refill` |
| - Counter is incremented when an allocation which triggered a refill of the |
| cache. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_pp_alloc_waive` |
| - Counter is incremented when pages obtained from the ptr ring that cannot |
| be added to the cache due to a NUMA mismatch. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_pp_recycle_cached` |
| - Counter is incremented when recycling placed page in the page pool cache. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_pp_recycle_cache_full` |
| - Counter is incremented when page pool cache was full. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_pp_recycle_ring` |
| - Counter is incremented when page placed into the ptr ring. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_pp_recycle_ring_full` |
| - Counter is incremented when page released from page pool because the ptr |
| ring was full. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_pp_recycle_released_ref` |
| - Counter is incremented when page released (and not recycled) because |
| refcnt > 1. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_xsk_buff_alloc_err` |
| - The number of times allocating an skb or XSK buffer failed in the XSK RQ |
| context. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_xdp_tx_xmit` |
| - The number of packets forwarded back to the port due to XDP program |
| `XDP_TX` action (bouncing). these packets are not counted by other |
| software counters. These packets are counted by physical port and vPort |
| counters. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_xdp_tx_mpwqe` |
| - Number of multi-packet WQEs transmitted by the netdev and `XDP_TX`-ed by |
| the netdev during the RQ context. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_xdp_tx_inlnw` |
| - Number of WQE data segments transmitted where the data could be inlined |
| in the WQE and then `XDP_TX`-ed during the RQ context. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_xdp_tx_nops` |
| - Number of NOP WQEBBs (WQE building blocks) received posted to the XDP SQ. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_xdp_tx_full` |
| - The number of packets that should have been forwarded back to the port |
| due to `XDP_TX` action but were dropped due to full tx queue. These packets |
| are not counted by other software counters. These packets are counted by |
| physical port and vPort counters. You may open more rx queues and spread |
| traffic rx over all queues and/or increase rx ring size. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_xdp_tx_err` |
| - The number of times an `XDP_TX` error such as frame too long and frame |
| too short occurred on `XDP_TX` ring of RX ring. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_xdp_tx_cqes` / `rx_xdp_tx_cqe` [#ring_global]_ |
| - The number of completions received on the CQ of the `XDP_TX` ring. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_xdp_drop` |
| - The number of packets dropped due to XDP program `XDP_DROP` action. these |
| packets are not counted by other software counters. These packets are |
| counted by physical port and vPort counters. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_xdp_redirect` |
| - The number of times an XDP redirect action was triggered on ring i. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_xdp_xmit` |
| - The number of packets redirected to the interface(due to XDP redirect). |
| These packets are not counted by other software counters. These packets |
| are counted by physical port and vPort counters. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_xdp_full` |
| - The number of packets redirected to the interface(due to XDP redirect), |
| but were dropped due to full tx queue. these packets are not counted by |
| other software counters. you may enlarge tx queues. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_xdp_mpwqe` |
| - Number of multi-packet WQEs offloaded onto the NIC that were |
| `XDP_REDIRECT`-ed from other netdevs. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_xdp_inlnw` |
| - Number of WQE data segments where the data could be inlined in the WQE |
| where the data segments were `XDP_REDIRECT`-ed from other netdevs. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_xdp_nops` |
| - Number of NOP WQEBBs (WQE building blocks) posted to the SQ that were |
| `XDP_REDIRECT`-ed from other netdevs. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_xdp_err` |
| - The number of packets redirected to the interface(due to XDP redirect) |
| but were dropped due to error such as frame too long and frame too short. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_xdp_cqes` |
| - The number of completions received for packets redirected to the |
| interface(due to XDP redirect) on the CQ. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_xsk_xmit` |
| - The number of packets transmitted using XSK zerocopy functionality. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_xsk_mpwqe` |
| - Number of multi-packet WQEs offloaded onto the NIC that were |
| `XDP_REDIRECT`-ed from other netdevs. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_xsk_inlnw` |
| - Number of WQE data segments where the data could be inlined in the WQE |
| that are transmitted using XSK zerocopy. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_xsk_full` |
| - Number of times doorbell is rung in XSK zerocopy mode when SQ is full. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_xsk_err` |
| - Number of errors that occurred in XSK zerocopy mode such as if the data |
| size is larger than the MTU size. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_xsk_cqes` |
| - Number of CQEs processed in XSK zerocopy mode. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `tx_tls_ctx` |
| - Number of TLS TX HW offload contexts added to device for encryption. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `tx_tls_del` |
| - Number of TLS TX HW offload contexts removed from device (connection |
| closed). |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `tx_tls_pool_alloc` |
| - Number of times a unit of work is successfully allocated in the TLS HW |
| offload pool. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `tx_tls_pool_free` |
| - Number of times a unit of work is freed in the TLS HW offload pool. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx_tls_ctx` |
| - Number of TLS RX HW offload contexts added to device for decryption. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx_tls_del` |
| - Number of TLS RX HW offload contexts deleted from device (connection has |
| finished). |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_tls_decrypted_packets` |
| - Number of successfully decrypted RX packets which were part of a TLS |
| stream. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_tls_decrypted_bytes` |
| - Number of TLS payload bytes in RX packets which were successfully |
| decrypted. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_tls_resync_req_pkt` |
| - Number of received TLS packets with a resync request. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_tls_resync_req_start` |
| - Number of times the TLS async resync request was started. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_tls_resync_req_end` |
| - Number of times the TLS async resync request properly ended with |
| providing the HW tracked tcp-seq. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_tls_resync_req_skip` |
| - Number of times the TLS async resync request procedure was started but |
| not properly ended. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_tls_resync_res_ok` |
| - Number of times the TLS resync response call to the driver was |
| successfully handled. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_tls_resync_res_retry` |
| - Number of times the TLS resync response call to the driver was |
| reattempted when ICOSQ is full. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_tls_resync_res_skip` |
| - Number of times the TLS resync response call to the driver was terminated |
| unsuccessfully. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_tls_err` |
| - Number of times when CQE TLS offload was problematic. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_tls_encrypted_packets` |
| - The number of send packets that are TLS encrypted by the kernel. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_tls_encrypted_bytes` |
| - The number of send bytes that are TLS encrypted by the kernel. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_tls_ooo` |
| - Number of times out of order TLS SQE fragments were handled on ring i. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_tls_dump_packets` |
| - Number of TLS decrypted packets copied over from NIC over DMA. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_tls_dump_bytes` |
| - Number of TLS decrypted bytes copied over from NIC over DMA. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_tls_resync_bytes` |
| - Number of TLS bytes requested to be resynchronized in order to be |
| decrypted. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_tls_skip_no_sync_data` |
| - Number of TLS send data that can safely be skipped / do not need to be |
| decrypted. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `tx[i]_tls_drop_no_sync_data` |
| - Number of TLS send data that were dropped due to retransmission of TLS |
| data. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `ptp_cq[i]_abort` |
| - Number of times a CQE has to be skipped in precision time protocol due to |
| a skew between the port timestamp and CQE timestamp being greater than |
| 128 seconds. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `ptp_cq[i]_abort_abs_diff_ns` |
| - Accumulation of time differences between the port timestamp and CQE |
| timestamp when the difference is greater than 128 seconds in precision |
| time protocol. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `ptp_cq[i]_late_cqe` |
| - Number of times a CQE has been delivered on the PTP timestamping CQ when |
| the CQE was not expected since a certain amount of time had elapsed where |
| the device typically ensures not posting the CQE. |
| - Error |
| |
| .. [#ring_global] The corresponding ring and global counters do not share the |
| same name (i.e. do not follow the common naming scheme). |
| |
| vPort Counters |
| -------------- |
| Counters on the NIC port that is connected to a eSwitch. |
| |
| .. flat-table:: vPort Counter Table |
| :widths: 2 3 1 |
| |
| * - Counter |
| - Description |
| - Type |
| |
| * - `rx_vport_unicast_packets` |
| - Unicast packets received, steered to a port including Raw Ethernet |
| QP/DPDK traffic, excluding RDMA traffic. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_vport_unicast_bytes` |
| - Unicast bytes received, steered to a port including Raw Ethernet QP/DPDK |
| traffic, excluding RDMA traffic. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx_vport_unicast_packets` |
| - Unicast packets transmitted, steered from a port including Raw Ethernet |
| QP/DPDK traffic, excluding RDMA traffic. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx_vport_unicast_bytes` |
| - Unicast bytes transmitted, steered from a port including Raw Ethernet |
| QP/DPDK traffic, excluding RDMA traffic. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_vport_multicast_packets` |
| - Multicast packets received, steered to a port including Raw Ethernet |
| QP/DPDK traffic, excluding RDMA traffic. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_vport_multicast_bytes` |
| - Multicast bytes received, steered to a port including Raw Ethernet |
| QP/DPDK traffic, excluding RDMA traffic. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx_vport_multicast_packets` |
| - Multicast packets transmitted, steered from a port including Raw Ethernet |
| QP/DPDK traffic, excluding RDMA traffic. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx_vport_multicast_bytes` |
| - Multicast bytes transmitted, steered from a port including Raw Ethernet |
| QP/DPDK traffic, excluding RDMA traffic. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_vport_broadcast_packets` |
| - Broadcast packets received, steered to a port including Raw Ethernet |
| QP/DPDK traffic, excluding RDMA traffic. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_vport_broadcast_bytes` |
| - Broadcast bytes received, steered to a port including Raw Ethernet |
| QP/DPDK traffic, excluding RDMA traffic. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx_vport_broadcast_packets` |
| - Broadcast packets transmitted, steered from a port including Raw Ethernet |
| QP/DPDK traffic, excluding RDMA traffic. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx_vport_broadcast_bytes` |
| - Broadcast bytes transmitted, steered from a port including Raw Ethernet |
| QP/DPDK traffic, excluding RDMA traffic. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_vport_rdma_unicast_packets` |
| - RDMA unicast packets received, steered to a port (counters counts |
| RoCE/UD/RC traffic) [#accel]_. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx_vport_rdma_unicast_bytes` |
| - RDMA unicast bytes received, steered to a port (counters counts |
| RoCE/UD/RC traffic) [#accel]_. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `tx_vport_rdma_unicast_packets` |
| - RDMA unicast packets transmitted, steered from a port (counters counts |
| RoCE/UD/RC traffic) [#accel]_. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `tx_vport_rdma_unicast_bytes` |
| - RDMA unicast bytes transmitted, steered from a port (counters counts |
| RoCE/UD/RC traffic) [#accel]_. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx_vport_rdma_multicast_packets` |
| - RDMA multicast packets received, steered to a port (counters counts |
| RoCE/UD/RC traffic) [#accel]_. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx_vport_rdma_multicast_bytes` |
| - RDMA multicast bytes received, steered to a port (counters counts |
| RoCE/UD/RC traffic) [#accel]_. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `tx_vport_rdma_multicast_packets` |
| - RDMA multicast packets transmitted, steered from a port (counters counts |
| RoCE/UD/RC traffic) [#accel]_. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `tx_vport_rdma_multicast_bytes` |
| - RDMA multicast bytes transmitted, steered from a port (counters counts |
| RoCE/UD/RC traffic) [#accel]_. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `vport_loopback_packets` |
| - Unicast, multicast and broadcast packets that were loop-back (received |
| and transmitted), IB/Eth [#accel]_. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `vport_loopback_bytes` |
| - Unicast, multicast and broadcast bytes that were loop-back (received |
| and transmitted), IB/Eth [#accel]_. |
| - Acceleration |
| |
| * - `rx_steer_missed_packets` |
| - Number of packets that was received by the NIC, however was discarded |
| because it did not match any flow in the NIC flow table. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `rx_packets` |
| - Representor only: packets received, that were handled by the hypervisor. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_bytes` |
| - Representor only: bytes received, that were handled by the hypervisor. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx_packets` |
| - Representor only: packets transmitted, that were handled by the |
| hypervisor. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx_bytes` |
| - Representor only: bytes transmitted, that were handled by the hypervisor. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `dev_internal_queue_oob` |
| - The number of dropped packets due to lack of receive WQEs for an internal |
| device RQ. |
| - Error |
| |
| Physical Port Counters |
| ---------------------- |
| The physical port counters are the counters on the external port connecting the |
| adapter to the network. This measuring point holds information on standardized |
| counters like IEEE 802.3, RFC2863, RFC 2819, RFC 3635 and additional counters |
| like flow control, FEC and more. |
| |
| .. flat-table:: Physical Port Counter Table |
| :widths: 2 3 1 |
| |
| * - Counter |
| - Description |
| - Type |
| |
| * - `rx_packets_phy` |
| - The number of packets received on the physical port. This counter doesn’t |
| include packets that were discarded due to FCS, frame size and similar |
| errors. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx_packets_phy` |
| - The number of packets transmitted on the physical port. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_bytes_phy` |
| - The number of bytes received on the physical port, including Ethernet |
| header and FCS. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx_bytes_phy` |
| - The number of bytes transmitted on the physical port. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_multicast_phy` |
| - The number of multicast packets received on the physical port. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx_multicast_phy` |
| - The number of multicast packets transmitted on the physical port. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_broadcast_phy` |
| - The number of broadcast packets received on the physical port. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx_broadcast_phy` |
| - The number of broadcast packets transmitted on the physical port. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_crc_errors_phy` |
| - The number of dropped received packets due to FCS (Frame Check Sequence) |
| error on the physical port. If this counter is increased in high rate, |
| check the link quality using `rx_symbol_error_phy` and |
| `rx_corrected_bits_phy` counters below. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `rx_in_range_len_errors_phy` |
| - The number of received packets dropped due to length/type errors on a |
| physical port. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `rx_out_of_range_len_phy` |
| - The number of received packets dropped due to length greater than allowed |
| on a physical port. If this counter is increasing, it implies that the |
| peer connected to the adapter has a larger MTU configured. Using same MTU |
| configuration shall resolve this issue. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `rx_oversize_pkts_phy` |
| - The number of dropped received packets due to length which exceed MTU |
| size on a physical port. If this counter is increasing, it implies that |
| the peer connected to the adapter has a larger MTU configured. Using same |
| MTU configuration shall resolve this issue. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `rx_symbol_err_phy` |
| - The number of received packets dropped due to physical coding errors |
| (symbol errors) on a physical port. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `rx_mac_control_phy` |
| - The number of MAC control packets received on the physical port. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx_mac_control_phy` |
| - The number of MAC control packets transmitted on the physical port. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_pause_ctrl_phy` |
| - The number of link layer pause packets received on a physical port. If |
| this counter is increasing, it implies that the network is congested and |
| cannot absorb the traffic coming from to the adapter. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx_pause_ctrl_phy` |
| - The number of link layer pause packets transmitted on a physical port. If |
| this counter is increasing, it implies that the NIC is congested and |
| cannot absorb the traffic coming from the network. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_unsupported_op_phy` |
| - The number of MAC control packets received with unsupported opcode on a |
| physical port. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `rx_discards_phy` |
| - The number of received packets dropped due to lack of buffers on a |
| physical port. If this counter is increasing, it implies that the adapter |
| is congested and cannot absorb the traffic coming from the network. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `tx_discards_phy` |
| - The number of packets which were discarded on transmission, even no |
| errors were detected. the drop might occur due to link in down state, |
| head of line drop, pause from the network, etc. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `tx_errors_phy` |
| - The number of transmitted packets dropped due to a length which exceed |
| MTU size on a physical port. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `rx_undersize_pkts_phy` |
| - The number of received packets dropped due to length which is shorter |
| than 64 bytes on a physical port. If this counter is increasing, it |
| implies that the peer connected to the adapter has a non-standard MTU |
| configured or malformed packet had arrived. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `rx_fragments_phy` |
| - The number of received packets dropped due to a length which is shorter |
| than 64 bytes and has FCS error on a physical port. If this counter is |
| increasing, it implies that the peer connected to the adapter has a |
| non-standard MTU configured. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `rx_jabbers_phy` |
| - The number of received packets d due to a length which is longer than 64 |
| bytes and had FCS error on a physical port. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `rx_64_bytes_phy` |
| - The number of packets received on the physical port with size of 64 bytes. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_65_to_127_bytes_phy` |
| - The number of packets received on the physical port with size of 65 to |
| 127 bytes. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_128_to_255_bytes_phy` |
| - The number of packets received on the physical port with size of 128 to |
| 255 bytes. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_256_to_511_bytes_phy` |
| - The number of packets received on the physical port with size of 256 to |
| 512 bytes. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_512_to_1023_bytes_phy` |
| - The number of packets received on the physical port with size of 512 to |
| 1023 bytes. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_1024_to_1518_bytes_phy` |
| - The number of packets received on the physical port with size of 1024 to |
| 1518 bytes. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_1519_to_2047_bytes_phy` |
| - The number of packets received on the physical port with size of 1519 to |
| 2047 bytes. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_2048_to_4095_bytes_phy` |
| - The number of packets received on the physical port with size of 2048 to |
| 4095 bytes. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_4096_to_8191_bytes_phy` |
| - The number of packets received on the physical port with size of 4096 to |
| 8191 bytes. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_8192_to_10239_bytes_phy` |
| - The number of packets received on the physical port with size of 8192 to |
| 10239 bytes. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `link_down_events_phy` |
| - The number of times where the link operative state changed to down. In |
| case this counter is increasing it may imply on port flapping. You may |
| need to replace the cable/transceiver. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `rx_out_of_buffer` |
| - Number of times receive queue had no software buffers allocated for the |
| adapter's incoming traffic. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `module_bus_stuck` |
| - The number of times that module's I\ :sup:`2`\C bus (data or clock) |
| short-wire was detected. You may need to replace the cable/transceiver. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `module_high_temp` |
| - The number of times that the module temperature was too high. If this |
| issue persist, you may need to check the ambient temperature or replace |
| the cable/transceiver module. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `module_bad_shorted` |
| - The number of times that the module cables were shorted. You may need to |
| replace the cable/transceiver module. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `module_unplug` |
| - The number of times that module was ejected. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_buffer_passed_thres_phy` |
| - The number of events where the port receive buffer was over 85% full. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx_pause_storm_warning_events` |
| - The number of times the device was sending pauses for a long period of |
| time. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx_pause_storm_error_events` |
| - The number of times the device was sending pauses for a long period of |
| time, reaching time out and disabling transmission of pause frames. on |
| the period where pause frames were disabled, drop could have been |
| occurred. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `rx[i]_buff_alloc_err` |
| - Failed to allocate a buffer to received packet (or SKB) on ring i. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `rx_bits_phy` |
| - This counter provides information on the total amount of traffic that |
| could have been received and can be used as a guideline to measure the |
| ratio of errored traffic in `rx_pcs_symbol_err_phy` and |
| `rx_corrected_bits_phy`. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_pcs_symbol_err_phy` |
| - This counter counts the number of symbol errors that wasn’t corrected by |
| FEC correction algorithm or that FEC algorithm was not active on this |
| interface. If this counter is increasing, it implies that the link |
| between the NIC and the network is suffering from high BER, and that |
| traffic is lost. You may need to replace the cable/transceiver. The error |
| rate is the number of `rx_pcs_symbol_err_phy` divided by the number of |
| `rx_bits_phy` on a specific time frame. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `rx_corrected_bits_phy` |
| - The number of corrected bits on this port according to active FEC |
| (RS/FC). If this counter is increasing, it implies that the link between |
| the NIC and the network is suffering from high BER. The corrected bit |
| rate is the number of `rx_corrected_bits_phy` divided by the number of |
| `rx_bits_phy` on a specific time frame. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `rx_err_lane_[l]_phy` |
| - This counter counts the number of physical raw errors per lane l index. |
| The counter counts errors before FEC corrections. If this counter is |
| increasing, it implies that the link between the NIC and the network is |
| suffering from high BER, and that traffic might be lost. You may need to |
| replace the cable/transceiver. Please check in accordance with |
| `rx_corrected_bits_phy`. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `rx_global_pause` |
| - The number of pause packets received on the physical port. If this |
| counter is increasing, it implies that the network is congested and |
| cannot absorb the traffic coming from the adapter. Note: This counter is |
| only enabled when global pause mode is enabled. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_global_pause_duration` |
| - The duration of pause received (in microSec) on the physical port. The |
| counter represents the time the port did not send any traffic. If this |
| counter is increasing, it implies that the network is congested and |
| cannot absorb the traffic coming from the adapter. Note: This counter is |
| only enabled when global pause mode is enabled. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx_global_pause` |
| - The number of pause packets transmitted on a physical port. If this |
| counter is increasing, it implies that the adapter is congested and |
| cannot absorb the traffic coming from the network. Note: This counter is |
| only enabled when global pause mode is enabled. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx_global_pause_duration` |
| - The duration of pause transmitter (in microSec) on the physical port. |
| Note: This counter is only enabled when global pause mode is enabled. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_global_pause_transition` |
| - The number of times a transition from Xoff to Xon on the physical port |
| has occurred. Note: This counter is only enabled when global pause mode |
| is enabled. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_if_down_packets` |
| - The number of received packets that were dropped due to interface down. |
| - Informative |
| |
| Priority Port Counters |
| ---------------------- |
| The following counters are physical port counters that are counted per L2 |
| priority (0-7). |
| |
| **Note:** `p` in the counter name represents the priority. |
| |
| .. flat-table:: Priority Port Counter Table |
| :widths: 2 3 1 |
| |
| * - Counter |
| - Description |
| - Type |
| |
| * - `rx_prio[p]_bytes` |
| - The number of bytes received with priority p on the physical port. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_prio[p]_packets` |
| - The number of packets received with priority p on the physical port. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx_prio[p]_bytes` |
| - The number of bytes transmitted on priority p on the physical port. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx_prio[p]_packets` |
| - The number of packets transmitted on priority p on the physical port. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_prio[p]_pause` |
| - The number of pause packets received with priority p on a physical port. |
| If this counter is increasing, it implies that the network is congested |
| and cannot absorb the traffic coming from the adapter. Note: This counter |
| is available only if PFC was enabled on priority p. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_prio[p]_pause_duration` |
| - The duration of pause received (in microSec) on priority p on the |
| physical port. The counter represents the time the port did not send any |
| traffic on this priority. If this counter is increasing, it implies that |
| the network is congested and cannot absorb the traffic coming from the |
| adapter. Note: This counter is available only if PFC was enabled on |
| priority p. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_prio[p]_pause_transition` |
| - The number of times a transition from Xoff to Xon on priority p on the |
| physical port has occurred. Note: This counter is available only if PFC |
| was enabled on priority p. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx_prio[p]_pause` |
| - The number of pause packets transmitted on priority p on a physical port. |
| If this counter is increasing, it implies that the adapter is congested |
| and cannot absorb the traffic coming from the network. Note: This counter |
| is available only if PFC was enabled on priority p. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `tx_prio[p]_pause_duration` |
| - The duration of pause transmitter (in microSec) on priority p on the |
| physical port. Note: This counter is available only if PFC was enabled on |
| priority p. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_prio[p]_buf_discard` |
| - The number of packets discarded by device due to lack of per host receive |
| buffers. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_prio[p]_cong_discard` |
| - The number of packets discarded by device due to per host congestion. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_prio[p]_marked` |
| - The number of packets ecn marked by device due to per host congestion. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `rx_prio[p]_discards` |
| - The number of packets discarded by device due to lack of receive buffers. |
| - Informative |
| |
| Device Counters |
| --------------- |
| .. flat-table:: Device Counter Table |
| :widths: 2 3 1 |
| |
| * - Counter |
| - Description |
| - Type |
| |
| * - `rx_pci_signal_integrity` |
| - Counts physical layer PCIe signal integrity errors, the number of |
| transitions to recovery due to Framing errors and CRC (dlp and tlp). If |
| this counter is raising, try moving the adapter card to a different slot |
| to rule out a bad PCI slot. Validate that you are running with the latest |
| firmware available and latest server BIOS version. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `tx_pci_signal_integrity` |
| - Counts physical layer PCIe signal integrity errors, the number of |
| transition to recovery initiated by the other side (moving to recovery |
| due to getting TS/EIEOS). If this counter is raising, try moving the |
| adapter card to a different slot to rule out a bad PCI slot. Validate |
| that you are running with the latest firmware available and latest server |
| BIOS version. |
| - Error |
| |
| * - `outbound_pci_buffer_overflow` |
| - The number of packets dropped due to pci buffer overflow. If this counter |
| is raising in high rate, it might indicate that the receive traffic rate |
| for a host is larger than the PCIe bus and therefore a congestion occurs. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `outbound_pci_stalled_rd` |
| - The percentage (in the range 0...100) of time within the last second that |
| the NIC had outbound non-posted reads requests but could not perform the |
| operation due to insufficient posted credits. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `outbound_pci_stalled_wr` |
| - The percentage (in the range 0...100) of time within the last second that |
| the NIC had outbound posted writes requests but could not perform the |
| operation due to insufficient posted credits. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `outbound_pci_stalled_rd_events` |
| - The number of seconds where `outbound_pci_stalled_rd` was above 30%. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `outbound_pci_stalled_wr_events` |
| - The number of seconds where `outbound_pci_stalled_wr` was above 30%. |
| - Informative |
| |
| * - `dev_out_of_buffer` |
| - The number of times the device owned queue had not enough buffers |
| allocated. |
| - Error |
