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AIX Net

AIX Net collector uses netstat to collect network interface packet counters, byte counters, error counters, and TCP/UDP protocol stack counters.

Configuration

[collectors.net]
# Whether to enable the network collector.
enabled = true
# Collection interval.
interval = "10s"

Command Dependencies

Command Description
netstat -in Collect interface packet and error counts.
netstat -v Supplement interface byte counts.
netstat -s Collect TCP/UDP protocol stack counters.

Metrics

net

Tags & Fields Description
interface
(tag)
Network interface name.
host
(tag)
Hostname.
packets_recv Cumulative received packet count.
Type: int | (count)
Unit: count
packets_sent Cumulative sent packet count.
Type: int | (count)
Unit: count
packets_recv/sec Received packets per second.
Type: float | (gauge)
Unit: count/s
packets_sent/sec Sent packets per second.
Type: float | (gauge)
Unit: count/s
bytes_recv Cumulative received byte count.
Type: int | (count)
Unit: byte
bytes_sent Cumulative sent byte count.
Type: int | (count)
Unit: byte
bytes_recv/sec Received bytes per second.
Type: float | (gauge)
Unit: byte/s
bytes_sent/sec Sent bytes per second.
Type: float | (gauge)
Unit: byte/s
err_in Cumulative receive error count.
Type: int | (count)
Unit: count
err_out Cumulative send error count.
Type: int | (count)
Unit: count
tcp_insegs Cumulative TCP received segment count, present when interface=all.
Type: int | (count)
Unit: count
tcp_insegs/sec TCP received segments per second, present when interface=all.
Type: float | (gauge)
Unit: count/s
tcp_outsegs Cumulative TCP sent segment count, present when interface=all.
Type: int | (count)
Unit: count
tcp_outsegs/sec TCP sent segments per second, present when interface=all.
Type: float | (gauge)
Unit: count/s
tcp_retranssegs Cumulative TCP retransmitted segment count, present when interface=all.
Type: int | (count)
Unit: count
tcp_retranssegs/sec TCP retransmitted segments per second, present when interface=all.
Type: float | (gauge)
Unit: count/s
udp_indatagrams Cumulative UDP received datagram count, present when interface=all.
Type: int | (count)
Unit: count
udp_indatagrams/sec UDP received datagrams per second, present when interface=all.
Type: float | (gauge)
Unit: count/s
udp_outdatagrams Cumulative UDP sent datagram count, present when interface=all.
Type: int | (count)
Unit: count
udp_outdatagrams/sec UDP sent datagrams per second, present when interface=all.
Type: float | (gauge)
Unit: count/s
udp_incsumerrors Cumulative UDP checksum error count, present when interface=all.
Type: int | (count)
Unit: count
udp_incsumerrors/sec UDP checksum errors per second, present when interface=all.
Type: float | (gauge)
Unit: count/s

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