2. USAGE CONSIDERATIONS › 2.3 Use Within the Information Structure › 2.3.4 Installation Environment Analysis › 2.3.4.1 Environment: Reliability › 2.3.4.1.1 Reliability Indicators
2.3.4.1.1 Reliability Indicators
In preparing reports for dissemination to Information Systems
and user management, it is important that the measures
reported are understandable and pertinent to the subject
being reported. The data elements listed below best
represent the data elements you may use to report network
service levels. These elements are discussed in detail in
Appendix B, which contains the Network (SNT) and the NetView
Session (NVS) Information Areas.
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FILE ELEMENT DESCRIPTION
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SNTNCL NCLNRERR Error Count
SNTNCL NCLNRRBY Retransmit Byte Count
SNTNCL NCLNRRIF Retransmit I-Frame Count
SNTNCL NCLNRPIU Retransmit PIU Count
SNTNCL NCLNRRRR Total RNR Frames Received
SNTNCL NCLNRRRS Total RNR Frames Sent
SNTNCL NCLNRRFD Number of Receive Frames Discarded
SNTNCL NCLNRRFM Number of Receive Frames Misaddressed
SNTNCL NCLNRRFU Number of Receive Frames Unrecognized
SNTNCL NCLPCELB Percent Link Busy Retransmission
FILE ELEMENT DESCRIPTION
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SNTCAF CAFNRERR Error Count
SNTCAF CAFNRRBY Retransmit Byte Count
SNTCAF CAFNRPIU Retransmit PIU Count
SNTCAF CAFNRRRR Total RNR Frames Received
SNTCAF CAFNRRRS Total RNR Frames Sent
SNTCAF CAFNRIFS Number of I-Frames Sent
SNTCAF CAFNRIFR Number of I-Frames Received
SNTCAF CAFNRRIF Retransmitted I-Frame Count
SNTCAF CAFNRRTO Reply Timeouts
SNTCAF CAFNRLBO Local Busy Occurrences
SNTCAF CAFNRSFS Rejected Supervisor Frames Sent
SNTCAF CAFNRSFR Rejected Supervisor Frames Received
FILE ELEMENT DESCRIPTION
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SNTNEF NEFFRNAM Failing Resource Name
SNTNEF NEFFRTYP Failing Resource Type
SNTNEF NEFERRDS Error Description: Probable Cause
SNTNEF NEFNRALT Number of Alerts
SNTNEF NEFNREVT Number of Events
FILE ELEMENT DESCRIPTION
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SNTNSF NSFFRNAM Failing Resource Name
SNTNSF NSFFRTYP Failing Resource Type
SNTNSF NSFERRDS Error Description: Probable Cause
SNTNSF NSFNRALT Number of Alerts
SNTNSF NSFTTERR Total Temporary Errors
SNTNSF NSFPCERR Pct of Total Traffic w/Temp Errors
SNTNSF NSFTTRFC Total Traffic
FILE ELEMENT DESCRIPTION
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NVSVBF VBFCAUSE BIND Failure/UNBIND Reason
NVSVBF VBFFTYPE VTAM Failure Type
NVSVBF VBFNRBF Number of BIND Failures
NVSVBF VBFRCODE UNBIND/BIND Failure Code
