Name Server Group

The Name Server Group object is a child of the Name Server Groups object. It allows you to name the group and to view status information about each Domain Name Suffix (if any) and Name Server within the group.

Object-Specific Actions
Refresh All DNS Look-ups To refresh the DNS mapping for all active Subscriber Gateways, click on the 'Refresh All DNS Look-ups' pushbutton. This may generate a large amount of DNS traffic if there are many active Subscriber Gateways; you are prompted to confirm the action.

Parameter

Access

Description
Description Change Unique user-friendly name identifying the Name Server Group. Specify a name of up to 64 characters. If a name is not specified, the EMS displays a default.
Alarm state Read only Specifies whether any alarms are currently raised for this object. Values:
  • Clear
    No alarms are currently raised.
  • Attention Required
    Attention Required - the object is not operating normally, and needs operator intervention.
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 Alarm state returns to Clear.
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.
Alarm state changed timestamp Read only Time at which the Alarm state last changed.
Attend To Dependent alarm events reset timestamp Read only The time at which the Attend To Dependent alarm events was last reset to zero.
Diagnostics - API trace - enabled Change Specifies whether API tracing is enabled for this object. Values:
  • True
  • False (default)
Diagnostics - API trace - trace tag Change An optional text string inserted into API tracing and PD logging for this object. (This string can include accented / international characters as defined in ISO 8859-1.) If you want to filter on this tag in the craft interface, do not include spaces or any of the characters ^ \ $ * + ? | ( ) , . ' ' " [ ] { }.
Requested status Read only Specifies whether an administrator has attempted to activate the Name Server Group. Values:
  • Active
    The object has been activated.
  • Inactive
    The object has not been activated or has been deactivated.
  • Disabled
    The object has been disabled.
Actual status Read only Specifies the current status of the Name Server Group. Values:
  • Active
    The object is active.
  • Activating
    Activation is in progress.
  • Deactivating
    Deactivation is in progress.
  • Inactive
    The object is inactive.
  • Disabled
    The object has been disabled.
  • Activation Failed
    The object is inactive because an activation attempt has failed.
  • Failed
    The object was active but has failed.
  • Quiescing
    The object is preparing for normal deactivation. It is operating normally but will not accept any new users.