With IPHost Network Monitor you can run simple snmp requests against a Nortel device in your network.
mpanlSigMpanlIFramesTxDiscarded
mpanl Sig Mpanl I Frames Tx Discarded
This attribute counts the number of SVC I-frames that are bound for the link but have been discarded. Discard reasons may be one of the following: 1. the frame length is beyond allow limit. 2. the SVC data link layer is in disconnected state. 3. the transmit queue has been purged because the queue length has reached the reset threshold. 4. the transmit queue or the queue waiting for acknowledgment has been purged because the link cannot be re-established. When this count reaches maximum, it wraps to zero.
Back to Nortel-Magellan-Passport-MpaNetworkLinkMIB MIB page.
IPHost Network monitor allows you to monitor mpanlSigMpanlIFramesTxDiscarded on Allied Telesis device via the SNMP protocol. Download IPHost Network Monitor (500 monitors for 30 days, 50 monitors free forever) to start monitoring Nortel switches right now.