Network Interface
The NUK_Network application class enables you to view a list of network interfaces available to you, discover the name of individual network interfaces, and get a report on the network's memory buffer. You also can define the behavior of BMC PATROL when a network interface is unavailable.
The NUK_Network tasks related to the network interface are described in detail on the following topics:
Viewing a Network Interface
This task describes how to view the state of an automatically configured interface in a task window.
To View a Network Interface
- Access the NUK_Network application instance menu.
- Select List Network Interface. BMC PATROL writes the results to a PATROL task object, List Network Interface, in the NUK_Network_Container.
- Access the List Network Interface task object and view the results. Your results should resemble this example:
<NOT INTERACTIVE>
List network interface
Name Mtu Net/Dest Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Collis Queue
lo0 8232 loop localhost 73190 0 73190 0 0 0
hme0 1500 xyz.com xyz.com 386019 5200 14659 0 1810 0
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Output Format
The output has the following format. Following table defines each field.
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List Network Interface Command Output Format
Discovering the Name of the Network Interface
This task describes how to determine the name of the network interface.
To Discover the Name of the Network Interface
Access the NUK_Network application instance InfoBox. BMC PATROL displays the NUK_Network InfoBox, which provides the name of the network interface in the Network Interface field as shown in the following figure.
NETWORK InfoBox 
Viewing Memory Buffer Information
This task describes how to display memory management statistics in a task window. This information includes the current, maximum, and total amounts for streams, queues, mblk, dblk, linkblk, strevent, synq, and qband. It also provides the number of allocation failures for each category.
To View Memory Buffer Information
- Access the NUK_Network application instance menu.
- Select List Memory Buffer. BMC PATROL writes the results to a BMC PATROL task object (List Memory Buffer) in theNUK_Network_Container.
- Access the List Memory Buffer task object and view the results. Your results should resemble this example:
<NOT INTERACTIVE>
List network memory buffer
streams allocation:
streams allocation:
streams
queues
mblk
dblk
linkblk
strevent
syncq
qband
qband
1439 Kbytes allocated for streams data
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Output Format
The output has the following format. Following table defines each field.
List Memory Buffer Command Output Format
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