---
title: System network_summary metricset
description: The System network_summary metricset provides network IO metrics collected from the operating system. These events are global and sorted by protocol. 
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-metricset-system-network_summary
---

# System network_summary metricset

<warning>
  This functionality is in beta and is subject to change. The design and code is less mature than official GA features and is being provided as-is with no warranties. Beta features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features.
</warning>

The System `network_summary` metricset provides network IO metrics collected from the operating system. These events are global and sorted by protocol.
This metricset is available on:
- Linux


## Fields

For a description of each field in the metricset, see the [exported fields](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/beats/metricbeat/exported-fields-system) section.
Here is an example document generated by this metricset:
```json
{
    "@timestamp": "2017-10-12T08:05:34.853Z",
    "event": {
        "dataset": "system.network_summary",
        "duration": 115000,
        "module": "system"
    },
    "metricset": {
        "name": "network_summary",
        "period": 10000
    },
    "service": {
        "type": "system"
    },
    "system": {
        "network_summary": {
            "icmp": {
                "InAddrMaskReps": 0,
                "InAddrMasks": 0,
                "InCsumErrors": 0,
                "InDestUnreachs": 835,
                "InEchoReps": 0,
                "InEchos": 1,
                "InErrors": 20,
                "InMsgs": 836,
                "InParmProbs": 0,
                "InRedirects": 0,
                "InSrcQuenchs": 0,
                "InTimeExcds": 0,
                "InTimestampReps": 0,
                "InTimestamps": 0,
                "InType3": 835,
                "InType8": 1,
                "OutAddrMaskReps": 0,
                "OutAddrMasks": 0,
                "OutDestUnreachs": 940,
                "OutEchoReps": 1,
                "OutEchos": 0,
                "OutErrors": 0,
                "OutMsgs": 941,
                "OutParmProbs": 0,
                "OutRedirects": 0,
                "OutSrcQuenchs": 0,
                "OutTimeExcds": 0,
                "OutTimestampReps": 0,
                "OutTimestamps": 0,
                "OutType0": 1,
                "OutType3": 940
            },
            "ip": {
                "DefaultTTL": 64,
                "ForwDatagrams": 33389,
                "Forwarding": 1,
                "FragCreates": 0,
                "FragFails": 0,
                "FragOKs": 0,
                "InAddrErrors": 19,
                "InBcastOctets": 431773621,
                "InBcastPkts": 1686995,
                "InCEPkts": 0,
                "InCsumErrors": 0,
                "InDelivers": 38037698,
                "InDiscards": 0,
                "InECT0Pkts": 3160941,
                "InECT1Pkts": 0,
                "InHdrErrors": 0,
                "InMcastOctets": 0,
                "InMcastPkts": 0,
                "InNoECTPkts": 129521210,
                "InNoRoutes": 0,
                "InOctets": 167733588581,
                "InReceives": 41266648,
                "InTruncatedPkts": 0,
                "InUnknownProtos": 0,
                "OutBcastOctets": 0,
                "OutBcastPkts": 0,
                "OutDiscards": 1,
                "OutMcastOctets": 0,
                "OutMcastPkts": 0,
                "OutNoRoutes": 4,
                "OutOctets": 75001958794,
                "OutRequests": 29261852,
                "ReasmFails": 0,
                "ReasmOKs": 0,
                "ReasmOverlaps": 0,
                "ReasmReqds": 0,
                "ReasmTimeout": 0
            },
            "tcp": {
                "ActiveOpens": 6172,
                "ArpFilter": 0,
                "AttemptFails": 1488,
                "BusyPollRxPackets": 0,
                "CurrEstab": 9,
                "DelayedACKLocked": 111,
                "DelayedACKLost": 1587,
                "DelayedACKs": 516004,
                "EmbryonicRsts": 2,
                "EstabResets": 404,
                "IPReversePathFilter": 0,
                "InCsumErrors": 0,
                "InErrs": 4,
                "InSegs": 38005498,
                "ListenDrops": 0,
                "ListenOverflows": 0,
                "LockDroppedIcmps": 0,
                "MaxConn": -1,
                "OfoPruned": 0,
                "OutOfWindowIcmps": 39,
                "OutRsts": 10739,
                "OutSegs": 66991971,
                "PAWSActive": 0,
                "PAWSEstab": 19,
                "PFMemallocDrop": 0,
                "PassiveOpens": 1411,
                "PruneCalled": 0,
                "RcvPruned": 0,
                "RetransSegs": 15996,
                "RtoAlgorithm": 1,
                "RtoMax": 120000,
                "RtoMin": 200,
                "SyncookiesFailed": 2,
                "SyncookiesRecv": 0,
                "SyncookiesSent": 0,
                "TCPACKSkippedChallenge": 2,
                "TCPACKSkippedFinWait2": 0,
                "TCPACKSkippedPAWS": 1,
                "TCPACKSkippedSeq": 4,
                "TCPACKSkippedSynRecv": 8,
                "TCPACKSkippedTimeWait": 0,
                "TCPAbortFailed": 0,
                "TCPAbortOnClose": 321,
                "TCPAbortOnData": 2613,
                "TCPAbortOnLinger": 0,
                "TCPAbortOnMemory": 0,
                "TCPAbortOnTimeout": 84,
                "TCPAckCompressed": 232116,
                "TCPAutoCorking": 162,
                "TCPBacklogCoalesce": 509441,
                "TCPBacklogDrop": 0,
                "TCPChallengeACK": 2,
                "TCPDSACKIgnoredNoUndo": 4623,
                "TCPDSACKIgnoredOld": 242,
                "TCPDSACKOfoRecv": 2,
                "TCPDSACKOfoSent": 15,
                "TCPDSACKOldSent": 1668,
                "TCPDSACKRecv": 8205,
                "TCPDSACKUndo": 36,
                "TCPDeferAcceptDrop": 0,
                "TCPDelivered": 54733743,
                "TCPDeliveredCE": 0,
                "TCPFastOpenActive": 0,
                "TCPFastOpenActiveFail": 0,
                "TCPFastOpenBlackhole": 0,
                "TCPFastOpenCookieReqd": 0,
                "TCPFastOpenListenOverflow": 0,
                "TCPFastOpenPassive": 0,
                "TCPFastOpenPassiveFail": 0,
                "TCPFastRetrans": 5324,
                "TCPFromZeroWindowAdv": 977,
                "TCPFullUndo": 3,
                "TCPHPAcks": 4648338,
                "TCPHPHits": 22005367,
                "TCPHystartDelayCwnd": 3535,
                "TCPHystartDelayDetect": 24,
                "TCPHystartTrainCwnd": 4609,
                "TCPHystartTrainDetect": 205,
                "TCPKeepAlive": 312560,
                "TCPLossFailures": 1,
                "TCPLossProbeRecovery": 387,
                "TCPLossProbes": 12748,
                "TCPLossUndo": 437,
                "TCPLostRetransmit": 1499,
                "TCPMD5Failure": 0,
                "TCPMD5NotFound": 0,
                "TCPMD5Unexpected": 0,
                "TCPMTUPFail": 0,
                "TCPMTUPSuccess": 0,
                "TCPMemoryPressures": 0,
                "TCPMemoryPressuresChrono": 0,
                "TCPMinTTLDrop": 0,
                "TCPOFODrop": 0,
                "TCPOFOMerge": 13,
                "TCPOFOQueue": 266342,
                "TCPOrigDataSent": 54724129,
                "TCPPartialUndo": 145,
                "TCPPureAcks": 6490261,
                "TCPRcvCoalesce": 5762438,
                "TCPRcvCollapsed": 0,
                "TCPRcvQDrop": 0,
                "TCPRenoFailures": 0,
                "TCPRenoRecovery": 0,
                "TCPRenoRecoveryFail": 0,
                "TCPRenoReorder": 0,
                "TCPReqQFullDoCookies": 0,
                "TCPReqQFullDrop": 0,
                "TCPRetransFail": 0,
                "TCPSACKDiscard": 123,
                "TCPSACKReneging": 0,
                "TCPSACKReorder": 2707,
                "TCPSYNChallenge": 4,
                "TCPSackFailures": 5,
                "TCPSackMerged": 13758,
                "TCPSackRecovery": 241,
                "TCPSackRecoveryFail": 3,
                "TCPSackShiftFallback": 1455,
                "TCPSackShifted": 37107,
                "TCPSlowStartRetrans": 2,
                "TCPSpuriousRTOs": 3,
                "TCPSpuriousRtxHostQueues": 16,
                "TCPSynRetrans": 346,
                "TCPTSReorder": 732,
                "TCPTimeWaitOverflow": 0,
                "TCPTimeouts": 2178,
                "TCPToZeroWindowAdv": 977,
                "TCPWantZeroWindowAdv": 109048,
                "TCPWinProbe": 0,
                "TCPZeroWindowDrop": 0,
                "TW": 1443,
                "TWKilled": 0,
                "TWRecycled": 0
            },
            "udp": {
                "IgnoredMulti": 0,
                "InCsumErrors": 0,
                "InDatagrams": 31359,
                "InErrors": 0,
                "NoPorts": 61,
                "OutDatagrams": 31756,
                "RcvbufErrors": 0,
                "SndbufErrors": 0
            },
            "udpLite": {
                "IgnoredMulti": 0,
                "InCsumErrors": 0,
                "InDatagrams": 0,
                "InErrors": 0,
                "NoPorts": 0,
                "OutDatagrams": 0,
                "RcvbufErrors": 0,
                "SndbufErrors": 0
            }
        }
    }
}
```
