The Ethernet Switch in VP2510 / MG2510 object corresponds to a physical Ethernet switch in a VP2510 or MG2510 system, for which it provides status information. There are two instances of the Ethernet Switch in VP2510 / MG2510 object for each instance of the MetaSwitch object.
In the EMS System Explorer, the name shown for the object is SW2100 Ethernet Switch.
The Ethernet Switch in VP2510 / MG2510 object is a child of the System Hardware object. It is created before delivery and cannot be destroyed.
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The status fields on the Ethernet Switch in VP2510 / MG2510 object report the layer 2 Ethernet status of the link. |
Parameter |
Access |
Description |
Link 1 (CPU Card A) status | Read only | Link status of port 1 on the Ethernet Switch. Port 1 connects to CPU card A. Values:
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Link 2 (I/O slot 3) status | Read only | Link status of port 2 on the Ethernet Switch. This is a standard I/O port to slot 3. The possible values are the same as for Link 1 (CPU Card A) status. |
Link 3 (I/O slot 4) status | Read only | Link status of port 3 on the Ethernet Switch. This is a standard I/O port to slot 4. The possible values are the same as for Link 1 (CPU Card A) status. |
Link 4 (I/O slot 5) status | Read only | Link status of port 4 on the Ethernet Switch. This is a standard I/O port to slot 5. The possible values are the same as for Link 1 (CPU Card A) status. |
Link 5 (I/O slot 6) status | Read only | Link status of port 5 on the Ethernet Switch. This is a standard I/O port to slot 6. The possible values are the same as for Link 1 (CPU Card A) status. |
Link 6 (I/O slot 7) status | Read only | Link status of port 6 on the Ethernet Switch. This is a standard I/O port to slot 7. The possible values are the same as for Link 1 (CPU Card A) status. |
Link 7 (I/O slot 8) status | Read only | Link status of port 7 on the Ethernet Switch. This is a standard I/O port to slot 8. The possible values are the same as for Link 1 (CPU Card A) status. |
Link 8 (CPU Card B) status | Read only | Link status of port 8 on the Ethernet Switch. Port 8 connects to CPU card B. The possible values are the same as for Link 1 (CPU Card A) status. |
Link 9 (Alarm Card A) status | Read only | Link status of port 9 on the Ethernet Switch. Port 9 connects to alarm card A. The possible values are the same as for Link 1 (CPU Card A) status. |
Link 10 (Alarm Card B) status | Read only | Link status of port 10 on the Ethernet Switch. Port 10 connects to alarm card B. The possible values are the same as for Link 1 (CPU Card A) status. |
Link 11 (unused) status | Read only | Link status of port 11 on the Ethernet Switch. This is a standard I/O port, currently unused. The possible values are the same as for Link 1 (CPU Card A) status. |
Link 12 (unused) status | Read only | Link status of port 12 on the Ethernet Switch. This is a standard I/O port, currently unused. The possible values are the same as for Link 1 (CPU Card A) status. |
Link 13 (unused) status | Read only | Link status of port 13 on the Ethernet Switch. This is a standard I/O port, currently unused. The possible values are the same as for Link 1 (CPU Card A) status. |
Link 14 (unused) status | Read only | Link status of port 14 on the Ethernet Switch. This is a standard I/O port, currently unused. The possible values are the same as for Link 1 (CPU Card A) status. |
Link 15 (unused) status | Read only | Link status of port 15 on the Ethernet Switch. This is a standard I/O port, currently unused. The possible values are the same as for Link 1 (CPU Card A) status. |
Link 16 (unused) status | Read only | Link status of port 16 on the Ethernet Switch. This is a standard I/O port, currently unused. The possible values are the same as for Link 1 (CPU Card A) status. |
Link 17 (unused) status | Read only | Link status of port 17 on the Ethernet Switch. This is a standard I/O port, currently unused. The possible values are the same as for Link 1 (CPU Card A) status. |
Link 18 (unused) status | Read only | Link status of port 18 on the Ethernet Switch. This is a standard I/O port, currently unused. The possible values are the same as for Link 1 (CPU Card A) status. |
Link 19 (unused) status | Read only | Link status of port 19 on the Ethernet Switch. This is a standard I/O port, currently unused. The possible values are the same as for Link 1 (CPU Card A) status. |
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 at which the Alarm state last changed. |
Alarm events reset timestamp | Read only | Time at which the Attention Required alarm events field was last reset to zero. |
Child Attention Required alarms | Read only | The total number of Attention Required alarms for child objects of this Ethernet Switch object. |
Child Attention Required alarm events | Read only / Reset | The total number of times that the alarm state for a child object has gone to Attention Required. |
Summary child alarm state | Read only | Summarizes the alarm status for all children of this object. Values:
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