Paradyne 8540 Network Card User Manual


 
Monitoring the HotWire DSLAM
7-5
8000-A2-GB20-20
November 1997
MCC Monitoring Interfaces Screens
Use the system information submenu of the Interfaces screens to display
read-only system information about interfaces.
" Procedure
To view the active interfaces list, and interface status list:
1. Follow this menu sequence:
Monitoring
Interfaces
(B-C)
2. The Interfaces menu appears. Select the submenu option as shown in
Table 7-3 and press Return.
Table 7-3. Interfaces Options
Active List (Active Interfaces List) B-C-A
Displays a list of the current status of all of the active interfaces in the card.
If – Number of the interface.
Name – Name of the interface.
Type – Interface type (static).
Link – Name of the protocol on the interface.
State – Current state of the interface.
LL-state – Not applicable.
Port – Port linked to this interface.
The only information that changes on this screen is the state (active or port-wait)
column.
Status (Interface Status) B-C-B
Displays a list of additional information, after a specific interface (port) has been
selected, such as interface name, interface protocol, interface port, user name, interface
type, number of restarts and link-downs, interface state, and the interface timeout
inactivity.
Ifname – Enter the name of the desired interface (e1a, s1b).
Protocol – Type of protocol for the entered interface name.
Port – Port linked to this interface.
Restarts – Number of times the interface has been restarted.
User – NA or none.
Type – Static.
Link-downs – Number of times the link has gone down.
State – Active or prtwait (port-wait).
Inactivity T/O – Number of times the interface has timed out.