The snapshot function saves the counters' values and displays those values. After the snapshot command is issued, the show command can be used to display a comparison of the current values and the registered values at later times. The following command activates snapshot for the entity and produces the snapshot output: NCL> snap nsp port nsp$port_0000200f all counters Snapshot node 0 NSP Port NSP$PORT_0000200F at 1994-09-18-19:49:11.76078 - 04:00 I 52.08425 Counters Creation Time = 1991-09-18-18:55:25.59899 - 04:00 I 52.08425 User Octets Received = 932 User Octets Sent = 246 User PDUs Received = 22 User PDUs Sent = 10 . . . The following show command displays the snapshot for the entity for which snapshot was activated: NCL> show nsp port nsp$port_0000200f all counters Show node 0 NSP Port NSP$PORT_0000200F at 1994-09-18-19:49:11.76078 - 04:00 I 52.08425 Counters Creation Time = 1994-09-18-18:55:25.59899 - 04:00 I 52.08425 Snapshot created at 1994-09-18-19:49:11.76078 - 04:00 I 52.08425 Actual Value Snapshot Value Difference ------------- --------------- --------- User Octets Received 2414 932 1482 User Octets Sent 262 246 16 User PDUs Received 25 22 3 User PDUs Sent 11 10 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . Snapshot information is only retained for the duration of an NCL session. Therefore, the snapshot command and subsequent show commands must be issued at the NCL> prompt rather than at the DCL prompt. To gather snapshot information from a remote node, you can either set the ncl default to the remote node entity or include the nodename in each ncl command, as long as the commands are issued within the same NCL session.