Cisco Systems Input & Output bytes question

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Input & Output bytes question Igor Pinchevskiy 04-23-07
Posted by Igor Pinchevskiy on April 23, 2007, 8:24 pm
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Hello,

This is a simple question that I can't figure out

I have a router with 3 serial interface and 1 ethernet interface, we
have been experiencing low speeds on our wan links so I'm trying to
figure out where most of the traffic is coming from. When I do show
interface it gives me the counters for each interface which has INPUT
and OUTPUT statistics, and I can't figure out which is what.

For example


Corp LAN <-> Router E0/0 <-> Router S0/0 <-> Branch LAN
Ethernet Input <-> Ethernet Output <->Serial Input <-> Serial Output

Is this correct if I'm looking at statistics on our main router? or is
it the other way, I'm just trying to figure out which way the traffic
is flowing, because on one of the interfaces there was over 2 gigs of
data transferred and I know thats that way too much data for the
application that they use.

Here's the show interface statistics (I cleared the counters so its
only for 9 minutes)
Serial0/0 is up, line protocol is up
Hardware is PowerQUICC Serial
Internet address is 192.168.1.1/30
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 1544 Kbit, DLY 20000 usec,
reliability 255/255, txload 2/255, rxload 1/255
Encapsulation PPP, loopback not set
Keepalive set (10 sec)
LCP Open
Open: IPCP, CDPCP
Last input 00:00:10, output 00:00:06, output hang never
Last clearing of "show interface" counters 00:09:08
Input queue: 0/75/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops:
0
Queueing strategy: weighted fair
Output queue: 0/1000/64/0 (size/max total/threshold/drops)
Conversations 0/3/256 (active/max active/max total)
Reserved Conversations 0/0 (allocated/max allocated)
Available Bandwidth 1158 kilobits/sec
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
2118 packets input, 271228 bytes, 0 no buffer
Received 0 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored, 0 abort
4483 packets output, 1761628 bytes, 0 underruns
0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets
0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
0 carrier transitions
DCD=up DSR=up DTR=up RTS=up CTS=up

Ethernet0/1 is up, line protocol is up
Hardware is AmdP2, address is 0005.3281.da21 (bia 0005.3281.da21)
Internet address is 10.3.0.1/16
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 10000 Kbit, DLY 1000 usec,
reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 10/255
Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set
Keepalive not set
ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
Last input 00:00:00, output 00:00:00, output hang never
Last clearing of "show interface" counters 00:09:10
Queueing strategy: fifo
Output queue 0/40, 0 drops; input queue 0/75, 0 drops
5 minute input rate 408000 bits/sec, 105 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 41000 bits/sec, 41 packets/sec
69231 packets input, 30555545 bytes, 0 no buffer
Received 691 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
107 input errors, 107 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored
0 input packets with dribble condition detected
27680 packets output, 3616342 bytes, 0 underruns(0/0/0)
0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets
0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred
0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier
0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
Serial0/1 is up, line protocol is up
Hardware is PowerQUICC Serial
Internet address is 192.168.1.5/30
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 1544 Kbit, DLY 20000 usec,
reliability 255/255, txload 26/255, rxload 1/255
Encapsulation PPP, loopback not set
Keepalive set (10 sec)
LCP Open
Open: IPCP, CDPCP
Last input 00:00:03, output 00:00:00, output hang never
Last clearing of "show interface" counters 00:09:11
Input queue: 0/75/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops:
0
Queueing strategy: weighted fair
Output queue: 0/1000/64/0 (size/max total/threshold/drops)
Conversations 0/27/256 (active/max active/max total)
Reserved Conversations 0/0 (allocated/max allocated)
Available Bandwidth 1158 kilobits/sec
5 minute input rate 11000 bits/sec, 13 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 163000 bits/sec, 39 packets/sec
15226 packets input, 1858382 bytes, 0 no buffer
Received 0 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored, 0 abort
38049 packets output, 16517918 bytes, 0 underruns
0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets
0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
0 carrier transitions
DCD=up DSR=up DTR=up RTS=up CTS=up

Serial0/2 is up, line protocol is up
Hardware is PQUICC with Fractional T1 CSU/DSU
Internet address is 192.168.1.9/30
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 1536 Kbit, DLY 20000 usec,
reliability 255/255, txload 27/255, rxload 2/255
Encapsulation PPP, loopback not set
Keepalive set (10 sec)
LCP Open
Open: IPCP, CDPCP
Last input 00:00:09, output 00:00:02, output hang never
Last clearing of "show interface" counters 00:09:12
Input queue: 0/75/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops:
0
Queueing strategy: weighted fair
Output queue: 0/1000/64/0 (size/max total/threshold/drops)
Conversations 0/3/256 (active/max active/max total)
Reserved Conversations 0/0 (allocated/max allocated)
Available Bandwidth 1152 kilobits/sec
5 minute input rate 17000 bits/sec, 20 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 165000 bits/sec, 44 packets/sec
10077 packets input, 1129499 bytes, 0 no buffer
Received 0 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored, 0 abort
25836 packets output, 11544123 bytes, 0 underruns
0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets
0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
0 carrier transitions
DCD=up DSR=up DTR=up RTS=up CTS=up


Posted by Barry Margolin on April 23, 2007, 9:07 pm
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> Hello,
>
> This is a simple question that I can't figure out
>
> I have a router with 3 serial interface and 1 ethernet interface, we
> have been experiencing low speeds on our wan links so I'm trying to
> figure out where most of the traffic is coming from. When I do show
> interface it gives me the counters for each interface which has INPUT
> and OUTPUT statistics, and I can't figure out which is what.
>
> For example
>
>
> Corp LAN <-> Router E0/0 <-> Router S0/0 <-> Branch LAN
> Ethernet Input <-> Ethernet Output <->Serial Input <-> Serial Output
>
> Is this correct if I'm looking at statistics on our main router? or is
> it the other way, I'm just trying to figure out which way the traffic
> is flowing, because on one of the interfaces there was over 2 gigs of
> data transferred and I know thats that way too much data for the
> application that they use.

I don't really understand your diagram above, but input and output are
relative to the router, not the network. Think of the router as a train
or bus station -- input is passengers arriving, output is passengers
leaving.

>
> Here's the show interface statistics (I cleared the counters so its
> only for 9 minutes)
> Serial0/0 is up, line protocol is up
> Hardware is PowerQUICC Serial
> Internet address is 192.168.1.1/30
> MTU 1500 bytes, BW 1544 Kbit, DLY 20000 usec,
> reliability 255/255, txload 2/255, rxload 1/255
> Encapsulation PPP, loopback not set
> Keepalive set (10 sec)
> LCP Open
> Open: IPCP, CDPCP
> Last input 00:00:10, output 00:00:06, output hang never
> Last clearing of "show interface" counters 00:09:08
> Input queue: 0/75/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops:
> 0
> Queueing strategy: weighted fair
> Output queue: 0/1000/64/0 (size/max total/threshold/drops)
> Conversations 0/3/256 (active/max active/max total)
> Reserved Conversations 0/0 (allocated/max allocated)
> Available Bandwidth 1158 kilobits/sec
> 5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
> 5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
> 2118 packets input, 271228 bytes, 0 no buffer
> Received 0 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
> 0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored, 0 abort
> 4483 packets output, 1761628 bytes, 0 underruns
> 0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets
> 0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
> 0 carrier transitions
> DCD=up DSR=up DTR=up RTS=up CTS=up
>
> Ethernet0/1 is up, line protocol is up
> Hardware is AmdP2, address is 0005.3281.da21 (bia 0005.3281.da21)
> Internet address is 10.3.0.1/16
> MTU 1500 bytes, BW 10000 Kbit, DLY 1000 usec,
> reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 10/255
> Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set
> Keepalive not set
> ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
> Last input 00:00:00, output 00:00:00, output hang never
> Last clearing of "show interface" counters 00:09:10
> Queueing strategy: fifo
> Output queue 0/40, 0 drops; input queue 0/75, 0 drops
> 5 minute input rate 408000 bits/sec, 105 packets/sec
> 5 minute output rate 41000 bits/sec, 41 packets/sec
> 69231 packets input, 30555545 bytes, 0 no buffer
> Received 691 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
> 107 input errors, 107 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored
> 0 input packets with dribble condition detected
> 27680 packets output, 3616342 bytes, 0 underruns(0/0/0)
> 0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets
> 0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred
> 0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier
> 0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
> Serial0/1 is up, line protocol is up
> Hardware is PowerQUICC Serial
> Internet address is 192.168.1.5/30
> MTU 1500 bytes, BW 1544 Kbit, DLY 20000 usec,
> reliability 255/255, txload 26/255, rxload 1/255
> Encapsulation PPP, loopback not set
> Keepalive set (10 sec)
> LCP Open
> Open: IPCP, CDPCP
> Last input 00:00:03, output 00:00:00, output hang never
> Last clearing of "show interface" counters 00:09:11
> Input queue: 0/75/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops:
> 0
> Queueing strategy: weighted fair
> Output queue: 0/1000/64/0 (size/max total/threshold/drops)
> Conversations 0/27/256 (active/max active/max total)
> Reserved Conversations 0/0 (allocated/max allocated)
> Available Bandwidth 1158 kilobits/sec
> 5 minute input rate 11000 bits/sec, 13 packets/sec
> 5 minute output rate 163000 bits/sec, 39 packets/sec
> 15226 packets input, 1858382 bytes, 0 no buffer
> Received 0 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
> 0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored, 0 abort
> 38049 packets output, 16517918 bytes, 0 underruns
> 0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets
> 0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
> 0 carrier transitions
> DCD=up DSR=up DTR=up RTS=up CTS=up
>
> Serial0/2 is up, line protocol is up
> Hardware is PQUICC with Fractional T1 CSU/DSU
> Internet address is 192.168.1.9/30
> MTU 1500 bytes, BW 1536 Kbit, DLY 20000 usec,
> reliability 255/255, txload 27/255, rxload 2/255
> Encapsulation PPP, loopback not set
> Keepalive set (10 sec)
> LCP Open
> Open: IPCP, CDPCP
> Last input 00:00:09, output 00:00:02, output hang never
> Last clearing of "show interface" counters 00:09:12
> Input queue: 0/75/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops:
> 0
> Queueing strategy: weighted fair
> Output queue: 0/1000/64/0 (size/max total/threshold/drops)
> Conversations 0/3/256 (active/max active/max total)
> Reserved Conversations 0/0 (allocated/max allocated)
> Available Bandwidth 1152 kilobits/sec
> 5 minute input rate 17000 bits/sec, 20 packets/sec
> 5 minute output rate 165000 bits/sec, 44 packets/sec
> 10077 packets input, 1129499 bytes, 0 no buffer
> Received 0 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
> 0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored, 0 abort
> 25836 packets output, 11544123 bytes, 0 underruns
> 0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets
> 0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
> 0 carrier transitions
> DCD=up DSR=up DTR=up RTS=up CTS=up

--
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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