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gvcIfDlciVcPeakRetryQueueSize
General Vc Interface Dlci Vc Peak Retry Queue Size
This attribute displays the peak size of retransmission queue. This attribute is used as an indicator of the acknowledgment behavior across the subnet. Records the largest body of unacknowledged packets.
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