The MetaSwitch object corresponds to a physical VP3000 chassis. There is one MetaSwitch object for each VP3000 chassis in your installation.
This object is pre-configured (configuration information is delivered with the VP3000), and you cannot create or delete it. It appears in the EMS Tree View only when the owning MetaSwitch Connection is active, because the EMS must be connected to the VP3000 in order to obtain information about it.
The object provides configuration parameters and status information about the VP3000 system as a whole. Several of the status parameters relate to the software upgrade process, and appear only if a software upgrade is in progress. Refer to the MetaSwitch VP3000: Network Element Installation and Maintenance Guide for more information about this process.
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Package diagnostics | To gather diagnostic information from trace files, core files and configuration files into a single date and timestamped file, click on the 'Package diagnostics' pushbutton. |
The Package diagnostics object-specific action is intended for use as advised by MetaSwitch Customer Support. (The file produced by performing this action may be required by MetaSwitch Customer Support to diagnose any problems with the operation of the VP3000.)
The information is collected in a single tar file in the CRAFT user's home directory, containing all the diagnostic information generated since the last time this function was used. The filename includes the date (year, month, day) and time (hour, minute, second) at which the diagnostics information was gathered, and is of the form msdiags_shelf_yyyymmdd_hhmmss.tar.gz, for example msdiags_A_20020117_132005.tar.gz.
When you are requested by MetaSwitch Customer Support to provide diagnostics information, you should include all such diagnostics files in the directory, and not just the most recent file.
Parameter |
Access |
Description |
MetaSwitch unique identifier | Read only | An internal identifier for the MetaSwitch VP3000 chassis. |
Primary shelf | Read only | Identifies which of the two shelves in the chassis is currently acting as the primary. Values:
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Deactivation mode | Change | Specifies how child objects should be deactivated when deactivating this object. Values:
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Min logging severity level for storage | Change | The minimum severity level that a log must have for that log to be stored. Range: 0 - 100 |
Diagnostic file collection status | Read only | Indicates if a diagnostics collection action is in progress. Values:
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Diagnostic file collection log correlator | Read only | Identifier of the log message for the last failure to package diagnostics files. |
Activation mode | Read only | The mode in which the system is currently restarting, or in which it will attempt to restart next time the primary shelf fails. Values:
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Configuration loading progress | Read only | A progress indicator used during initialization, showing how much of the required configuration data has been loaded so far (as a percentage of the total). |
Software reactivations | Read only / Reset | The number of times the software on the active shelf has failed since the system was first powered on, or since this field was reset. Each of these events results in a failover to the other shelf, or in a restart of the primary shelf if the other shelf cannot be activated. |
Software upgrade state | Read only | If a software upgrade is in progress, this field shows the current state of the upgrade process. Values:
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Shelf A - software upgrade action | Read only | The software upgrade operation, if any, that is in progress on shelf A. Values:
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Shelf A - software level running | Read only | The level of software that is running on shelf A at this stage in the software upgrade. Values:
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Shelf A - native level Version Level | Read only | The version level of the native level software on Shelf A. |
Shelf A - native level Service Level | Read only | The service level of the native level software on Shelf A. |
Shelf A - native level Boot Level | Read only | The boot level of the native level software on Shelf A. |
Shelf A - up level Version Level | Read only | The version level of the up level software on Shelf A. |
Shelf A - up level Service Level | Read only | The service level of the up level software on Shelf A. |
Shelf A - up level Boot Level | Read only | The boot level of the up level software on Shelf A. |
Shelf A - back level Version Level | Read only | The version level of the back level software on Shelf A. |
Shelf A - back level Service Level | Read only | The service level of the back level software on Shelf A. |
Shelf A - back level Boot Level | Read only | The boot level of the back level software on Shelf A. |
Shelf B - software upgrade action | Read only | The software upgrade operation, if any, that is in progress on shelf B. Values:
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Shelf B - software level running | Read only | The level of software that is running on shelf B at this stage in the software upgrade. Values:
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Shelf B - native level Version Level | Read only | The version level of the native level software on Shelf B. |
Shelf B - native level Service Level | Read only | The service level of the native level software on Shelf B. |
Shelf B - native level Boot Level | Read only | The boot level of the native level software on Shelf B. |
Shelf B - up level Version Level | Read only | The version level of the up level software on Shelf B. |
Shelf B - up level Service Level | Read only | The service level of the up level software on Shelf B. |
Shelf B - up level Boot Level | Read only | The boot level of the up level software on Shelf B. |
Shelf B - back level Version Level | Read only | The version level of the back level software on Shelf B. |
Shelf B - back level Service Level | Read only | The service level of the back level software on Shelf B. |
Shelf B - back level Boot Level | Read only | The boot level of the back level software on Shelf B. |
Alarm state | Read only | The alarm state of the chassis. Values:
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Alarm log correlator | Read only | Identifier of the log message for the event that caused the last Attention Required alarm state for this object. This field is reset when the Attention Required alarm events field is reset to zero. |
Attention Required alarm events | Read only / Reset | Number of times (since this field was reset) that this object's alarm state has gone to Attention Required. |
Alarm state changed timestamp | Read only | Time (UTC) at which the Alarm state last changed. |
Alarm events reset timestamp | Read only | Time (UTC) at which the Attention Required alarm events field was last reset to zero. |
Requested status | Read only | Specifies whether an administrator has attempted to activate the MetaSwitch VP3000. Values:
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Actual status | Read only | Specifies the current status of the MetaSwitch VP3000. Values:
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