This read-only Unsigned64 holds the raw count of alignment errors -- received Ethernet frames on this interface whose bit length isn't a multiple of 8 and that also fail the frame check sequence -- for this interface's live, currently-active error-statistics record. This specific combination of symptoms is the classic fingerprint of a duplex mismatch, a marginal cable, or a failing transceiver on this exact link rather than a congestion or software issue. For example, a jump from 0 to several hundred right after a cable or SFP swap on this port is the kind of change that sends an admin straight back to the physical layer.