dashboard information: net.drops

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     'system.softnet_stat': {
         title: 'softnet',
-        info: 'Statistics for CPUs SoftIRQs related to network receive work, read from <code>/proc/net/softnet_stat</code>. Break down per CPU core can be found at <a href="#cpu_softnet_stat">CPU / softnet statistics</a>. <b>processed</b> states the number of packets processed, <b>dropped</b> is the number packets dropped because the network device backlog was full (to fix them use <code>sysctl</code> to increase <code>net.core.netdev_max_backlog</code>), <b>squeezed</b> is the number of packets dropped because the network device budget was full (to fix them use <code>sysctl</code> to increase <code>net.core.netdev_budget</code>). More information about identifying and troubleshooting network driver related issues can be found at <a href="https://access.redhat.com/sites/default/files/attachments/20150325_network_performance_tuning.pdf" target="_blank">Red Hat Enterprise Linux Network Performance Tuning Guide</a>.'
+        info: 'Statistics for CPUs SoftIRQs related to network receive work, read from <code>/proc/net/softnet_stat</code>. Break down per CPU core can be found at <a href="#cpu_softnet_stat">CPU / softnet statistics</a>. <b>processed</b> states the number of packets processed, <b>dropped</b> is the number packets dropped because the network device backlog was full (to fix them use <code>sysctl</code> to increase <code>net.core.netdev_max_backlog</code>), <b>squeezed</b> is the number of packets dropped because the network device budget ran out (to fix them use <code>sysctl</code> to increase <code>net.core.netdev_budget</code>). More information about identifying and troubleshooting network driver related issues can be found at <a href="https://access.redhat.com/sites/default/files/attachments/20150325_network_performance_tuning.pdf" target="_blank">Red Hat Enterprise Linux Network Performance Tuning Guide</a>.'
     },
 
     'cpu.softnet_stat': {
         title: 'softnet',
-        info: 'Statistics for per CPUs core SoftIRQs related to network receive work, read from <code>/proc/net/softnet_stat</code>. Total for all CPU cores can be found at <a href="#system_softnet_stat">System / softnet statistics</a>. <b>processed</b> states the number of packets processed, <b>dropped</b> is the number packets dropped because the network device backlog was full (to fix them use <code>sysctl</code> to increase <code>net.core.netdev_max_backlog</code>), <b>squeezed</b> is the number of packets dropped because the network device budget was full (to fix them use <code>sysctl</code> to increase <code>net.core.netdev_budget</code>). More information about identifying and troubleshooting network driver related issues can be found at <a href="https://access.redhat.com/sites/default/files/attachments/20150325_network_performance_tuning.pdf" target="_blank">Red Hat Enterprise Linux Network Performance Tuning Guide</a>.'
+        info: 'Statistics for per CPUs core SoftIRQs related to network receive work, read from <code>/proc/net/softnet_stat</code>. Total for all CPU cores can be found at <a href="#system_softnet_stat">System / softnet statistics</a>. <b>processed</b> states the number of packets processed, <b>dropped</b> is the number packets dropped because the network device backlog was full (to fix them use <code>sysctl</code> to increase <code>net.core.netdev_max_backlog</code>), <b>squeezed</b> is the number of packets dropped because the network device budget ran out (to fix them use <code>sysctl</code> to increase <code>net.core.netdev_budget</code>). More information about identifying and troubleshooting network driver related issues can be found at <a href="https://access.redhat.com/sites/default/files/attachments/20150325_network_performance_tuning.pdf" target="_blank">Red Hat Enterprise Linux Network Performance Tuning Guide</a>.'
     }
 };
 
@@ -1899,6 +1899,13 @@ var chartData = {
         colors: NETDATA.colors[3]
     },
 
+    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // network interfaces
+
+    'net.drops': {
+        info: 'Packets that have been dropped at the network interface level. These are the same counters reported by <code>ifconfig</code> as <code>RX dropped</code> (inbound) and <code>TX dropped</code> (outbound). <b>inbound</b> packets can be dropped at the network interface level due to <a href="#system_softnet_stat">softnet backlog</a> overflow, bad / unintented VLAN tags, unknown or unregistered protocols, IPv6 frames when the server is not configured for IPv6. Check <a href="https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7007165" target="_blank">this document</a> for more information.'
+    },
+
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // APPS