Characters        (Socket - IC)

DESCRIPTION
"Characters" shows the total number of characters sent in the DATA field by all 
Interval Control (IC) requests to the Socket Server. Refer to the Help on IC 
"Requests" for a complete description of the IC request and its format.


VALUES
When shown, "Characters" is a cardinal integer count. The value is left blank 
when the Socket Server is not activated (see below).


INTERPRETATION
"Characters" is a cumulative total of the number of characters passed to the
Socket Server in the DATA field of all IC socket requests. To get a feel for 
the number of characters per request, examine the IC "Avg Chars". Only success-
ful requests influence the "Characters" count. Therefore, the "Failures" do
not influence this datapoint. 


CONCLUSIONS
This datapoint provides a good idea of the amount of IC socket traffic processed
by a Sun MTP system. As long as data accompanies IC requests, the number of
"Characters" should increase with the number of "Requests".

The Socket Screen does not display any values when the Socket Server is not 
activated. Sun MTP must be initiated with the -p parameter to activate the Socket
Server. The -p parameter takes a port number for an argument. For example, to 
run the Socket Server so that it listens on port 7000, you could start Sun MTP 
as follows:

$ kixstart -p 7000 
