The MetaSwitch Connection object is a top-level element in the EMS structure, corresponding to the connection between the EMS software and an NE. There is one MetaSwitch Connection object for each NE in your installation.
You must create a MetaSwitch Connection object in order to connect to the NE before you can manage it. When creating the object, you specify the IP address of the chassis. The EMS then activates the connection automatically.
The MetaSwitch Connection object includes a number of groups of fields for different types of child objects of the NE. Each of these groups of fields tracks the number of alarms currently raised for child objects of that type; when the number of alarms reaches a configurable threshold, the MetaSwitch Connection object is alarmed Attend to Dependent to indicate this. You can set the threshold separately for each type of child object.
Parameter |
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MetaSwitch CPU address - configured | Create | The IP address of the NE. This was set up during hardware installation. Specify a standard dotted-decimal IP address. |
MetaSwitch CPU address - discovered | Read only | This field applies only to a VP3500 or MG3500. The IP address of the other shelf of the NE (determined by the EMS). |
Connection type | Change Inactive | This field is not visible unless the Boot level of this EMS Server (visible in the Element Management System object) is 13 or higher. Note that this field must always be set to Insecure on the VP3500 or the MG3500; setting it to Secure will cause the connection to fail.
This field specifies whether the connection from the EMS Server to this NE is set to use encryption (secure) or not (insecure). Both the EMS server and the NE must have been configured with certificates for secure connections. Values:
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Alarm state | Read only | Specifies whether any alarms are currently raised for this object. Values:
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Alarm state changed timestamp | Read only | The time at which the Alarm state last changed. |
Alarm log correlator - Attention Required | 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. |
Attention Required alarm events reset timestamp | Read only | The time at which the Attention Required alarm events was last reset to zero. |
Alarm log correlator - Attend To Dependent | Read only | Identifier of the log message for the event that caused the last Attend To Dependent alarm state for this object. This field is reset when the Attend To Dependent alarm events field is reset to zero. |
Attend To Dependent alarm events | Read only / Reset | Number of times (since this field was reset) that this object's alarm state has gone to Attend To Dependent. |
Attend To Dependent alarm events reset timestamp | Read only | The time at which the Attend To Dependent alarm events was last reset to zero. |
Line Card Alarms - Attention Required threshold | Change | This field does not appear for a connection to a CA9000 Series Call Agent. The alarm threshold at which Attention Required alarms on Line Cards child objects of the NE result in an Attend To Dependent alarm on the MetaSwitch Connection object. Specify a value in the range 1 - 9999, or specify zero to indicate that Attention Required alarms on Line Cards child objects do not result in alarms on the MetaSwitch Connection. |
Line Card Alarms - Attention Required alarms | Read only | This field does not appear for a connection to a CA9000 Series Call Agent. The number of Attention Required alarms on Line Cards child objects of the NE. |
Line Card Alarms - Attend To Dependent threshold | Change | This field does not appear for a connection to a CA9000 Series Call Agent, or to an NE running V3.1 or earlier (in which line cards cannot alarm Attend To Dependent). The alarm threshold at which Attend To Dependent alarms on Line Cards child objects of the NE result in an Attend To Dependent alarm on the MetaSwitch Connection object. Specify a value in the range 1 - 9999, or specify zero to indicate that Attend To Dependent alarms on Line Cards child objects do not result in alarms on the MetaSwitch Connection. |
Line Card Alarms - Attend To Dependent alarms | Read only | This field does not appear for a connection to a CA9000 Series Call Agent, or to an NE running V3.1 or earlier (in which line cards cannot alarm Attend To Dependent). The number of Attend To Dependent alarms on Line Cards child objects of the NE. |
Virtual Port Alarms - Attention Required threshold | Change | This field does not appear for a connection to a CA9000 Series Call Agent. The alarm threshold at which Attention Required alarms on Virtual Ports child objects of the NE result in an Attend To Dependent alarm on the MetaSwitch Connection object. Specify a value in the range 1 - 9999, or specify zero to indicate that Attention Required alarms on Virtual Ports child objects do not result in alarms on the MetaSwitch Connection. |
Virtual Port Alarms - Attention Required alarms | Read only | This field does not appear for a connection to a CA9000 Series Call Agent. The number of Attention Required alarms on Virtual Ports child objects of the NE. |
Virtual Port Alarms - Attend To Dependent threshold | Change | This field does not appear for a connection to a CA9000 Series Call Agent. The alarm threshold at which Attend To Dependent alarms on Virtual Ports child objects of the NE result in an Attend To Dependent alarm on the MetaSwitch Connection object. Specify a value in the range 1 - 9999, or specify zero to indicate that Attend To Dependent alarms on Virtual Ports child objects do not result in alarms on the MetaSwitch Connection. |
Virtual Port Alarms - Attend To Dependent alarms | Read only | This field does not appear for a connection to a CA9000 Series Call Agent. The number of Attend To Dependent alarms on Virtual Ports child objects of the NE. |
Signaling Cross Connect Alarms - Attention Required threshold | Change | This field does not appear for a connection to a CA9000 Series Call Agent, or to a MetaSwitch NE earlier than V3.1. The alarm threshold at which Attention Required alarms on Signaling Cross Connect child objects of the NE result in an Attend To Dependent alarm on the MetaSwitch Connection object. Specify a value in the range 1 - 9999, or specify zero to indicate that Attention Required alarms on Signaling Cross Connect child objects do not result in alarms on the MetaSwitch Connection. |
Signaling Cross Connect Alarms - Attention Required alarms | Read only | This field does not appear for a connection to a CA9000 Series Call Agent, or to a MetaSwitch NE earlier than V3.1. The number of Attention Required alarms on Signaling Cross Connect child objects of the NE. |
Signaling Cross Connect Alarms - Attend To Dependent threshold | Change | This field does not appear for a connection to a CA9000 Series Call Agent, or to a MetaSwitch NE earlier than V3.1. The alarm threshold at which Attend To Dependent alarms on Signaling Cross Connect child objects of the NE result in an Attend To Dependent alarm on the MetaSwitch Connection object. Specify a value in the range 1 - 9999, or specify zero to indicate that Attend To Dependent alarms on Signaling Cross Connect child objects do not result in alarms on the MetaSwitch Connection. |
Signaling Cross Connect Alarms - Attend To Dependent alarms | Read only | This field does not appear for a connection to a CA9000 Series Call Agent, or to a MetaSwitch NE earlier than V3.1. The number of Attend To Dependent alarms on Signaling Cross Connect child objects of the NE. |
Connected Hardware Alarms - Attention Required threshold | Change | This field does not appear for a connection to a CA9000 Series Call Agent. The alarm threshold at which Attention Required alarms on Connected Hardware child objects of the NE result in an Attend To Dependent alarm on the MetaSwitch Connection object. Specify a value in the range 1 - 9999, or specify zero to indicate that Attention Required alarms on Connected Hardware child objects do not result in alarms on the MetaSwitch Connection. |
Connected Hardware Alarms - Attention Required alarms | Read only | This field does not appear for a connection to a CA9000 Series Call Agent. The number of Attention Required alarms on Connected Hardware child objects of the NE. |
Connected Hardware Alarms - Attend To Dependent threshold | Change | This field does not appear for a connection to a CA9000 Series Call Agent. The alarm threshold at which Attend To Dependent alarms on Connected Hardware child objects of the NE result in an Attend To Dependent alarm on the MetaSwitch Connection object. Specify a value in the range 1 - 9999, or specify zero to indicate that Attend To Dependent alarms on Connected Hardware child objects do not result in alarms on the MetaSwitch Connection. |
Connected Hardware Alarms - Attend To Dependent alarms | Read only | This field does not appear for a connection to a CA9000 Series Call Agent. The number of Attend To Dependent alarms on Connected Hardware child objects of the NE. |
Signaling Gateway Alarms - Attention Required threshold | Change | This field does not appear for a connection to an MG3500, MG3510 or MG2510 Media Gateway. The alarm threshold at which Attention Required alarms on Signaling Gateway child objects of the NE result in an Attend To Dependent alarm on the MetaSwitch Connection object. Specify a value in the range 1 - 9999, or specify zero to indicate that Attention Required alarms on Signaling Gateway child objects do not result in alarms on the MetaSwitch Connection. |
Signaling Gateway Alarms - Attention Required alarms | Read only | This field does not appear for a connection to an MG3500, MG3510 or MG2510 Media Gateway. The number of Attention Required alarms on Signaling Gateway child objects of the NE. |
Signaling Gateway Alarms - Attend To Dependent threshold | Change | This field does not appear for a connection to an MG3500, MG3510 or MG2510 Media Gateway. The alarm threshold at which Attend To Dependent alarms on Signaling Gateway child objects of the NE result in an Attend To Dependent alarm on the MetaSwitch Connection object. Specify a value in the range 1 - 9999, or specify zero to indicate that Attend To Dependent alarms on Signaling Gateway child objects do not result in alarms on the MetaSwitch Connection. |
Signaling Gateway Alarms - Attend To Dependent alarms | Read only | This field does not appear for a connection to an MG3500, MG3510 or MG2510 Media Gateway. The number of Attend To Dependent alarms on Signaling Gateway child objects of the NE. |
Controlled Network Alarms - Attention Required threshold | Change | This field does not appear for a connection to an MG3500, MG3510 or MG2510 Media Gateway. The alarm threshold at which Attention Required alarms on Controlled Networks child objects of the NE result in an Attend To Dependent alarm on the MetaSwitch Connection object. Specify a value in the range 1 - 9999, or specify zero to indicate that Attention Required alarms on Controlled Networks child objects do not result in alarms on the MetaSwitch Connection. |
Controlled Network Alarms - Attention Required alarms | Read only | This field does not appear for a connection to an MG3500, MG3510 or MG2510 Media Gateway. The number of Attention Required alarms on Controlled Networks child objects of the NE. |
Controlled Network Alarms - Attend To Dependent threshold | Change | This field does not appear for a connection to an MG3500, MG3510 or MG2510 Media Gateway. The alarm threshold at which Attend To Dependent alarms on Controlled Networks child objects of the NE result in an Attend To Dependent alarm on the MetaSwitch Connection object. Specify a value in the range 1 - 9999, or specify zero to indicate that Attend To Dependent alarms on Controlled Networks child objects do not result in alarms on the MetaSwitch Connection. |
Controlled Network Alarms - Attend To Dependent alarms | Read only | This field does not appear for a connection to an MG3500, MG3510 or MG2510 Media Gateway. The number of Attend To Dependent alarms on Controlled Networks child objects of the NE. |
Signaling Alarms - Attention Required threshold | Change | This field does not appear for a connection to an MG3500, MG3510 or MG2510 Media Gateway. The alarm threshold at which Attention Required alarms on Signaling child objects of the NE result in an Attend To Dependent alarm on the MetaSwitch Connection object. Specify a value in the range 1 - 9999, or specify zero to indicate that Attention Required alarms on Signaling child objects do not result in alarms on the MetaSwitch Connection. |
Signaling Alarms - Attention Required alarms | Read only | This field does not appear for a connection to an MG3500, MG3510 or MG2510 Media Gateway. The number of Attention Required alarms on Signaling child objects of the NE. |
Signaling Alarms - Attend To Dependent threshold | Change | This field does not appear for a connection to an MG3500, MG3510 or MG2510 Media Gateway. The alarm threshold at which Attend To Dependent alarms on Signaling child objects of the NE result in an Attend To Dependent alarm on the MetaSwitch Connection object. Specify a value in the range 1 - 9999, or specify zero to indicate that Attend To Dependent alarms on Signaling child objects do not result in alarms on the MetaSwitch Connection. |
Signaling Alarms - Attend To Dependent alarms | Read only | This field does not appear for a connection to an MG3500, MG3510 or MG2510 Media Gateway. The number of Attend To Dependent alarms on Signaling child objects of the NE. |
Billing Alarms - Attention Required threshold | Change | This field does not appear for a connection to an MG3500, MG3510 or MG2510 Media Gateway. The alarm threshold at which Attention Required alarms on Billing child objects of the NE result in an Attend To Dependent alarm on the MetaSwitch Connection object. Specify a value in the range 1 - 9999, or specify zero to indicate that Attention Required alarms on Billing child objects do not result in alarms on the MetaSwitch Connection. |
Billing Alarms - Attention Required alarms | Read only | This field does not appear for a connection to an MG3500, MG3510 or MG2510 Media Gateway. The number of Attention Required alarms on Billing child objects of the NE. |
Call Service Alarms - Attention Required threshold | Change | This field does not appear for a connection to an MG3500, MG3510 or MG2510 Media Gateway. The alarm threshold at which Attention Required alarms on Call Services child objects of the NE result in an Attend To Dependent alarm on the MetaSwitch Connection object. Specify a value in the range 1 - 9999, or specify zero to indicate that Attention Required alarms on Call Services child objects do not result in alarms on the MetaSwitch Connection. |
Call Service Alarms - Attention Required alarms | Read only | This field does not appear for a connection to an MG3500, MG3510 or MG2510 Media Gateway. The number of Attention Required alarms on Call Services child objects of the NE. |
Call Service Alarms - Attend To Dependent threshold | Change | This field does not appear for a connection to an MG3500, MG3510 or MG2510 Media Gateway. The alarm threshold at which Attend To Dependent alarms on Call Services child objects of the NE result in an Attend To Dependent alarm on the MetaSwitch Connection object. Specify a value in the range 1 - 9999, or specify zero to indicate that Attend To Dependent alarms on Call Services child objects do not result in alarms on the MetaSwitch Connection. |
Call Service Alarms - Attend To Dependent alarms | Read only | This field does not appear for a connection to an MG3500, MG3510 or MG2510 Media Gateway. The number of Attend To Dependent alarms on Call Services child objects of the NE. |
Trunk Routing and Policy Service Alarms - Attention Required threshold | Change | This field does not appear for a connection to an MG3500, MG3510 or MG2510 Media Gateway. The alarm threshold at which Attention Required alarms on Trunk Routing and Policy Services child objects of the NE result in an Attend To Dependent alarm on the MetaSwitch Connection object. Specify a value in the range 1 - 9999, or specify zero to indicate that Attention Required alarms on Trunk Routing and Policy Services child objects do not result in alarms on the MetaSwitch Connection. |
Trunk Routing and Policy Service Alarms - Attention Required alarms | Read only | This field does not appear for a connection to an MG3500, MG3510 or MG2510 Media Gateway. The number of Attention Required alarms on Trunk Routing and Policy Services child objects of the NE. |
Trunk Routing and Policy Service Alarms - Attend To Dependent threshold | Change | This field does not appear for a connection to an MG3500, MG3510 or MG2510 Media Gateway. The alarm threshold at which Attend To Dependent alarms on Trunk Routing and Policy Services child objects of the NE result in an Attend To Dependent alarm on the MetaSwitch Connection object. Specify a value in the range 1 - 9999, or specify zero to indicate that Attend To Dependent alarms on Trunk Routing and Policy Services child objects do not result in alarms on the MetaSwitch Connection. |
Trunk Routing and Policy Service Alarms - Attend To Dependent alarms | Read only | This field does not appear for a connection to an MG3500, MG3510 or MG2510 Media Gateway. The number of Attend To Dependent alarms on Trunk Routing and Policy Services child objects of the NE. |
Subscriber Configuration Alarms - Attention Required threshold | Change | This field does not appear for a connection to an MG3500, MG3510 or MG2510 Media Gateway. The alarm threshold at which Attention Required alarms on Subscriber Configuration child objects of the NE result in an Attend To Dependent alarm on the MetaSwitch Connection object. Specify a value in the range 1 - 9999, or specify zero to indicate that Attention Required alarms on Subscriber Configuration child objects do not result in alarms on the MetaSwitch Connection. |
Subscriber Configuration Alarms - Attention Required alarms | Read only | This field does not appear for a connection to an MG3500, MG3510 or MG2510 Media Gateway. The number of Attention Required alarms on Subscriber Configuration child objects of the NE. |
Subscriber Configuration Alarms - Attend To Dependent threshold | Change | This field does not appear for a connection to an MG3500, MG3510 or MG2510 Media Gateway. The alarm threshold at which Attend To Dependent alarms on Subscriber Configuration child objects of the NE result in an Attend To Dependent alarm on the MetaSwitch Connection object. Specify a value in the range 1 - 9999, or specify zero to indicate that Attend To Dependent alarms on Subscriber Configuration child objects do not result in alarms on the MetaSwitch Connection. |
Subscriber Configuration Alarms - Attend To Dependent alarms | Read only | This field does not appear for a connection to an MG3500, MG3510 or MG2510 Media Gateway. The number of Attend To Dependent alarms on Subscriber Configuration child objects of the NE. |
Domain Name Service Alarms - Attend To Dependent threshold | Change | This field does not appear for a connection to an MG3500, MG3510 or MG2510 Media Gateway. The alarm threshold at which Attend To Dependent alarms on Domain Name Services child objects of the NE result in an Attend To Dependent alarm on the MetaSwitch Connection object. Specify a value in the range 1 - 9999, or specify zero to indicate that Attend To Dependent alarms on Domain Name Services child objects do not result in alarms on the MetaSwitch Connection. |
Domain Name Service Alarms - Attend To Dependent alarms | Read only | This field does not appear for a connection to an MG3500, MG3510 or MG2510 Media Gateway. The number of Attend To Dependent alarms on Domain Name Services child objects of the NE. |
System Hardware Alarms - Attention Required threshold | Change | The alarm threshold at which Attention Required alarms on System Hardware child objects of the NE result in an Attend To Dependent alarm on the MetaSwitch Connection object. Specify a value in the range 1 - 9999, or specify zero to indicate that Attention Required alarms on System Hardware child objects do not result in alarms on the MetaSwitch Connection. |
System Hardware Alarms - Attention Required alarms | Read only | The number of Attention Required alarms on System Hardware child objects of the NE. |
System Level Alarms - Attention Required threshold | Change | The alarm threshold at which Attention Required alarms on the MetaSwitch, Media Gateway or Call Agent object result in an Attend To Dependent alarm on the MetaSwitch Connection object. Specify a value in the range 1 - 9999, or specify zero to indicate that Attention Required alarms on the MetaSwitch, Media Gateway or Call Agent object do not result in alarms on the MetaSwitch Connection. |
System Level Alarms - Attention Required alarms | Read only | The number of Attention Required alarms on the MetaSwitch, Media Gateway or Call Agent object. |
System Level Alarms - Attend To Dependent threshold | Change | The alarm threshold at which Attend To Dependent alarms on the MetaSwitch, Media Gateway or Call Agent object result in an Attend To Dependent alarm on the MetaSwitch Connection object. Specify a value in the range 1 - 9999, or specify zero to indicate that Attend To Dependent alarms on the MetaSwitch, Media Gateway or Call Agent object do not result in alarms on the MetaSwitch Connection. |
System Level Alarms - Attend To Dependent alarms | Read only | The number of Attend To Dependent alarms on the MetaSwitch, Media Gateway or Call Agent object. |
Requested status | Read only | Specifies whether an administrator has attempted to activate the MetaSwitch Connection. Values:
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Actual status | Read only | Specifies the current status of the MetaSwitch Connection. Values:
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