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SonicOS 5.8.1 Administrator Guide
• Configure - click the Configure icon to display the Edit Interface window, which
allows you to configure the settings for
the specified interface.
Interface Traffic Statistics
The Interface Traffic Statistics table lists received and transmitted information for all
configured interfaces.
The following information is displayed for all SonicWALL security appliance interfaces:
• Rx Unicast Packets - indicates the number of point-to-point communications received by
the interface.
• Rx Broadcast Packets - indicates the number of multipoint communications received by
the interface.
• RX Bytes - indicates the volume of data, in bytes, received by the interface.
• Tx Unicast Packets - indicates the number of point-to-point communications transmitted
by the interface.
• Tx Broadcast Bytes - indicates the number of mutlipoint communications transmitted by
the interface.
• Tx Bytes - indicates the volume of data, in bytes, transmitted by the interface.
• Skipped DPI - indicates the number of packet that bypassed DPI inspection.
To clear the current st
atistics, click the Clear Statistics button at the top right of the
Network > Interfaces page.
Physical and Virtual Interfaces
Interfaces in SonicOS can be:
• Physical interfaces – Physical interfaces are bound to a single port
• Virtual interfaces – Virtual interfaces are assigned as subinterfaces to a physical interface
and allow the physical interface to carry traffic assigned to multiple interfaces.
• PortShield interfaces – PortShield interfaces are a feature of the SonicWALL TZ series
and SonicWALL NSA 240. Any number of the LAN ports on these appliances can be
combined into a single PortShield interface.