Ethernet Port

The Ethernet Port object corresponds to a physical Ethernet connection in a MetaSwitch NE, for which it provides status information. It is created before delivery and cannot be destroyed.

The Ethernet Port object is a child of the Ethernet Switch in VP3500 / MG3500 object, Ethernet Switch in VP3510 / MG3510 object, Ethernet Switch in VP2510 / MG2510 object or Fault Tolerant Ethernet Interface object.


Parameter

Access

Description
Test IP address (Controller A) Read only This field does not appear for a CA9020 Series Call Agent Server. The originating IP address used by Controller A when sending pings from this Ethernet port to check connectivity.
Test IP address (Controller B) Read only This field does not appear for a CA9020 Series Call Agent Server. The originating IP address used by Controller B when sending pings from this Ethernet port to check connectivity.
Test IP address Read only This field appears only for a CA9020 Series Call Agent Server. The originating IP address used by the Call Agent Server when sending pings from this Ethernet port to check connectivity.
Port status (Controller A) Read only This field does not appear for a CA9020 Series Call Agent Server. The status of the Ethernet Port, as determined by Controller A. Values:
  • Port OK
  • Layer 3 Failed
    The hardware is connected to an ethernet network, but ping messages are not being returned successfully.
  • Hardware Error
    The port is disconnected, but pings are being returned successfully. This should not happen during normal operation. If it does, it indicates a problem with the status reporting of the Ethernet port.
  • Failed
    The port is unplugged.
Port status (Controller B) Read only This field does not appear for a CA9020 Series Call Agent Server. The status of the Ethernet Port, as determined by Controller B. Values:
  • Port OK
  • Layer 3 Failed
    The hardware is connected to an ethernet network, but ping messages are not being returned successfully.
  • Hardware Error
    The port is disconnected, but pings are being returned successfully. This should not happen during normal operation. If it does, it indicates a problem with the status reporting of the Ethernet port.
  • Failed
    The port is unplugged.
Port status Read only This field appears only for a CA9020 Series Call Agent Server. The status of the Ethernet Port. Values:
  • Port OK
  • Layer 3 Failed
    The hardware is connected to an ethernet network, but ping messages are not being returned successfully.
  • Hardware Error
    The port is disconnected, but pings are being returned successfully. This should not happen during normal operation. If it does, it indicates a problem with the status reporting of the Ethernet port.
  • Failed
    The port is unplugged.
Suppress alarms Change If this Ethernet Port is not being used in link aggregation and does not have an uplink attached to it, you can use this field to prevent the display of alarms for the port. Values:
  • True
    Specify this value if the port is not being used. This means that the EMS will not display alarms for it. The rest of the fields in this object (relating to alarms on the port) are hidden.
  • False (default)
    Specify this value if the port is in use for an Ethernet uplink. This means that the EMS will display an alarm if an error occurs (for example if the cable is unplugged).
Alarm state Read only The alarm state of the Ethernet Port. Values:
  • Clear
    No alarms are currently raised.
  • Attention Required
    Attention Required - the object is not operating normally, and needs operator intervention.
  • Attend To Dependent
    Attention Required elsewhere - another object on which this object depends is not operating normally.
Alarm state changed timestamp Read only 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 Time at which the Attention Required alarm events field was last reset to zero.