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, or Fault Tolerant Ethernet Interface object.


Parameter

Access

Description
Test IP address (Controller A) Read only This field does not appear for a CA9000 Series Call Agent. 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 CA9000 Series Call Agent. 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 CA9000 Series Call Agent. 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 CA9000 Series Call Agent. 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.
The following values can appear only in a VP3510 or MG3510, and not in a VP3500 or MG3500:
  • Half duplex
    The link is running in half duplex mode, not in full duplex mode as expected.
  • Link speed unacceptable
    The actual link speed is too low for this link type: for example, the link speed has been negotiated to 10Mbit/s or 100Mbit/s when it should be 1000Mbits/s.
  • Failed link aggregation
    This value can appear only in a VP3510 or MG3510. Link aggregation has failed for an active uplink on the SW4000 Ethernet Switch (one of ports 20-23), and at least one other uplink is active. The log message indicated by Alarm log correlator - Attention Required contains more information.
  • Error rate too high
    The error rate (the total number of errors as a percentage of the total number of received packets) measured over a 10-second period has exceeded 1%. This condition clears when the error rate remains below 1% for six successive 10-second periods.
  • Multicast rate too high
    The rate at which multicast packets were received, averaged over a 10-second period, exceeded the Alarmable multicast rate. This condition clears when the rate has been within limits for six successive 10-second periods.
  • Broadcast rate too high
    The rate at which broadcast packets were received, averaged over a 10-second period, exceeded the Alarmable broadcast rate. This condition clears when the rate has been within limits for six successive 10-second periods.
Port status (Controller B) Read only This field does not appear for a CA9000 Series Call Agent. The status of the Ethernet Port, as determined by Controller B. The possible values are the same as for Port status (Controller A).
Port status Read only This field appears only for a CA9000 Series Call Agent. 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.
Minimum desired link speed Change This field does not appear for a VP3500 or MG3500. The speed at which the Ethernet link should operate. Values:
  • 100 Mbps (default)
  • 1000 Mbps
Actual link speed Read only This field does not appear for a VP3500 or MG3500. The speed at which the Ethernet link is currently operating. Values:
  • 10 Mbps
  • 100 Mbps
  • 1000 Mbps
Duplex mode Read only This field does not appear for a VP3500 or MG3500. Specifies whether the Ethernet link is operating in half-duplex or full-duplex mode. Values:
  • Half
  • Full
Link aggregated Read only This field appears only for a VP3510 or MG3510. Specifies whether the two or more Ethernet links on the switch are operating correctly as an aggregation group. Link aggregation failures may be caused by incompatibility with the far-end equipment, or by incorrect configuration or wiring. Values:
  • True
  • False
Alarmable multicast rate Change This field does not appear for a VP3500 or MG3500. The maximum rate (in packets per second) at which multicast packets should be received on this port. If the average rate over a 10-second period exceeds this value, the port will alarm. Specify a value in the range 1 - 999 (for a CA9000 Series Call Agent) or 1 - 100 (for a VP3510 or MG3510). The default is 100.
Alarmable broadcast rate Change This field does not appear for a VP3500 or MG3500. The maximum rate (in packets per second) at which broadcast packets should be received on this port. If the average rate over a 10-second period exceeds this value, the port will alarm. Specify a value in the range 1 - 999 (for a CA9000 Series Call Agent) or 1 - 100 (for a VP3510 or MG3510). The default is 100.
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.