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| 10 | |
| 11 | # Network interfaces |
| 12 | |
| 13 | |
| 14 | <img src="https://netdata.cloud/img/network-wired.svg" width="150"/> |
| 15 | |
| 16 | |
| 17 | Plugin: proc.plugin |
| 18 | Module: /proc/net/dev |
| 19 | |
| 20 | <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/maintained%20by-Netdata-%2300ab44" /> |
| 21 | |
| 22 | ## Overview |
| 23 | |
| 24 | Monitor network interface metrics about bandwidth, state, errors and more. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | |
| 27 | |
| 28 | This collector is supported on all platforms. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | This collector supports collecting metrics from multiple instances of this integration, including remote instances. |
| 31 | |
| 32 | |
| 33 | ### Default Behavior |
| 34 | |
| 35 | #### Auto-Detection |
| 36 | |
| 37 | This integration doesn't support auto-detection. |
| 38 | |
| 39 | #### Limits |
| 40 | |
| 41 | The default configuration for this integration does not impose any limits on data collection. |
| 42 | |
| 43 | #### Performance Impact |
| 44 | |
| 45 | The default configuration for this integration is not expected to impose a significant performance impact on the system. |
| 46 | |
| 47 | ## Setup |
| 48 | |
| 49 | |
| 50 | ### Prerequisites |
| 51 | |
| 52 | No action required. |
| 53 | |
| 54 | ### Configuration |
| 55 | |
| 56 | #### Options |
| 57 | |
| 58 | |
| 59 | |
| 60 | There are no configuration options. |
| 61 | |
| 62 | |
| 63 | |
| 64 | #### via File |
| 65 | |
| 66 | There is no configuration file. |
| 67 | |
| 68 | ##### Examples |
| 69 | There are no configuration examples. |
| 70 | |
| 71 | |
| 72 | |
| 73 | ## Alerts |
| 74 | |
| 75 | |
| 76 | The following alerts are available: |
| 77 | |
| 78 | | Alert name | On metric | Description | |
| 79 | |:------------|:----------|:------------| |
| 80 | | [ interface_speed ](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/health/health.d/net.conf) | net.net | network interface ${label:device} current speed | |
| 81 | | [ 1m_received_traffic_overflow ](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/health/health.d/net.conf) | net.net | average inbound utilization for the network interface ${label:device} over the last minute | |
| 82 | | [ 1m_sent_traffic_overflow ](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/health/health.d/net.conf) | net.net | average outbound utilization for the network interface ${label:device} over the last minute | |
| 83 | | [ inbound_packets_dropped_ratio ](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/health/health.d/net.conf) | net.drops | ratio of inbound dropped packets for the network interface ${label:device} over the last 10 minutes | |
| 84 | | [ outbound_packets_dropped_ratio ](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/health/health.d/net.conf) | net.drops | ratio of outbound dropped packets for the network interface ${label:device} over the last 10 minutes | |
| 85 | | [ wifi_inbound_packets_dropped_ratio ](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/health/health.d/net.conf) | net.drops | ratio of inbound dropped packets for the network interface ${label:device} over the last 10 minutes | |
| 86 | | [ wifi_outbound_packets_dropped_ratio ](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/health/health.d/net.conf) | net.drops | ratio of outbound dropped packets for the network interface ${label:device} over the last 10 minutes | |
| 87 | | [ 1m_received_packets_rate ](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/health/health.d/net.conf) | net.packets | average number of packets received by the network interface ${label:device} over the last minute | |
| 88 | | [ 10s_received_packets_storm ](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/health/health.d/net.conf) | net.packets | ratio of average number of received packets for the network interface ${label:device} over the last 10 seconds, compared to the rate over the last minute | |
| 89 | | [ 10min_fifo_errors ](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/health/health.d/net.conf) | net.fifo | number of FIFO errors for the network interface ${label:device} in the last 10 minutes | |
| 90 | |
| 91 | |
| 92 | ## Metrics |
| 93 | |
| 94 | Metrics grouped by *scope*. |
| 95 | |
| 96 | The scope defines the instance that the metric belongs to. An instance is uniquely identified by a set of labels. |
| 97 | |
| 98 | |
| 99 | |
| 100 | ### Per Network interfaces instance |
| 101 | |
| 102 | |
| 103 | |
| 104 | This scope has no labels. |
| 105 | |
| 106 | Metrics: |
| 107 | |
| 108 | | Metric | Dimensions | Unit | |
| 109 | |:------|:----------|:----| |
| 110 | | system.net | received, sent | kilobits/s | |
| 111 | |
| 112 | ### Per network device |
| 113 | |
| 114 | |
| 115 | |
| 116 | Labels: |
| 117 | |
| 118 | | Label | Description | |
| 119 | |:-----------|:----------------| |
| 120 | | interface_type | TBD | |
| 121 | | device | TBD | |
| 122 | |
| 123 | Metrics: |
| 124 | |
| 125 | | Metric | Dimensions | Unit | |
| 126 | |:------|:----------|:----| |
| 127 | | net.net | received, sent | kilobits/s | |
| 128 | | net.speed | speed | kilobits/s | |
| 129 | | net.duplex | full, half, unknown | state | |
| 130 | | net.operstate | up, down, notpresent, lowerlayerdown, testing, dormant, unknown | state | |
| 131 | | net.carrier | up, down | state | |
| 132 | | net.mtu | mtu | octets | |
| 133 | | net.packets | received, sent, multicast | packets/s | |
| 134 | | net.errors | inbound, outbound | errors/s | |
| 135 | | net.drops | inbound, outbound | drops/s | |
| 136 | | net.fifo | receive, transmit | errors | |
| 137 | | net.compressed | received, sent | packets/s | |
| 138 | | net.events | frames, collisions, carrier | events/s | |
| 139 | |
| 140 |