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You can use the Cisco Digital Subscriber Line Manager (CDM) to observe the status of network objects by right-clicking an object to display a menu. The menu enables you to open a detailed status window.
This chapter describes how to view status information about the following objects:
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Note SONET information is equivalent to OC-3 interface information. |
The generic Interface Status window displays status information for any selected interface.
To view the Interface status information:
The Interface Status window appears (Figure 7-1).

Step 2 From the list boxes at left, select the chassis, card, and interface. The corresponding details for the selected card appear in the tab at right.
The Interface Status window displays a single Status tab (see Figure 7-1).
The Status tab contains three areas: Interface Details, Last Change Details, and Transmission Details.
The Interface Details area displays the following information:
Type---Displays the interface type.
Description---Displays a text string description of the interface.
Operational Status---Displays the current operational status of the interface.
Physical Address---Displays the address of the interface at its protocol sublayer.
Keep Alive---Displays whether or not keepalives are enabled on this interface.
Line Protocol---Displays whether or not the line interface protocol is operating.
Connector Present---Displays whether or not the interface has a physical connector. "True" means a physical connector is present and "False" means a physical connector is not present.
The Last Change Details area displays the following information:
Interface Last Change---Displays the value of the system up time at the time the interface entered its current operational state.
Reason for Last Change---Reason for the last status change of the interface.
The Transmission Details area displays the following information:
Speed---Displays an estimate of the interface's current bandwidth in bits per second (bits/sec.).
High Speed---Displays an estimate of the interface's current bandwidth in units of 1,000,000 bits per second (bits/sec.).
Maximum Transmission Unit---The size of the largest packet that can be sent or received on the interface, specified in octets.
The Module Fault Management window enables you to view the generic fault information for the selected card.
To view the Module Fault Management window:
The Module Fault Management window appears (Figure 7-2).

Step 2 From the list boxes at left, select the relevant chassis and card. The fault information for the selected card appears at right.
The Module Fault Management window contains one tab: Fault Management.
The Fault Management tab displays the Fault information for the selected card. The Fault Management tab contains two areas: Module Availability and Cisco Contact Details.
The Module Availability area displays the following details:
Up Time---The time elapsed since the last initialization to a reset or re-initialization since the network management portion of the system was last re-initialized.
Free Memory---The memory space (in bytes) currently unused by the interface.
Last Restart Reason---The reason why the system was last restarted.
Last Authentication Failure Address---The IP address of the card on which the last authentication failure occurred.
Operational Status---The current operational status of the selected card. Possible values are:
Displays the contact details of Cisco Systems.
The DS3 Interface Status window displays status information for a selected DS3 interface. To view the DS3 Interface Status window:
The DS3 Interface Status window appears (Figure 7-3).

Step 2 From the list boxes at left, select the relevant chassis, card, and DS3 interface. The status information for the selected DS3 interface appears at right.
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Note Black boxes with slashed circles indicate no values retrieved for that field. Traffic lights display green if the status is OK; yellow if the status is Warning; and red if the status is Errored. |
The DS3 Interface Status window contains one tabbed section, Status.
The Status tab displays DS3 Interface Status information. The Status tab contains two areas: DS3 Status and Far End DS3 Status.
DS3 Status
The DS3 Status area of the Status tab displays the following attributes:
Index---An arbitrary integer value to uniquely identify the listed events. When the index reaches the maximum value, the agent cycles the value back to 1 and may delete existing entries
Circuit Identifier---Displays the vendor's circuit identifier.
Send Code---Indicates the type of code being sent across the DS3/E3 interface by the device. Send codes are optional for E3 interfaces. Possible values are as follows:
Line Type---Displays the line type of the interface.
Line Coding---Displays the type of line coding used in the interface.
Valid Intervals---Displays the number of previous intervals for which valid data is stored.
Time Elapsed---Displays the time elapsed (in seconds) since the beginning of current error-measurement period.
Transmit Clock Source---Allows you to specify the source of the transmit clock:
LoopBack Config---Allows you to specify the loopback configured on the physical interface. You can set this option to:
No Error---Indicates no alarm present.
Loss of Signal---Indicates the loss of signal condition.
Loss of Frame---Indicates the loss of frame condition.
Loopback State---Indicates that the interface is looping the received signal.
Rx Remote Alarm Indication---Receiving a remote alarm indication failure signal.
Rx Alarm Indication Signal---Receiving a remote alarm indication signal.
Rx Test Code---Indicates reception of a test pattern.
Tx Remote Alarm Index---Transmitting a remote alarm index signal.
Tx Alarm Indicate Signal---Transmitting an alarm indication signal.
Far End DS3 Status
The Far End DS3 Status area of the Status tab displays the following attributes:
Far End Facility ID Code---An arbitrary integer value to uniquely identify the listed events. When this code reaches the maximum value, the agent cycles the value back to 1 and may flush existing entries.
Far End Location ID Code---Describes the specific location of the far end equipment.
Far End Unit Code---Describes the far end equipment location within a bay.
The ATM Interface Status window displays status information for a selected ATM interface. To view the ATM Interface Status window:
The ATM Interface Status window appears (Figure 7-4).

Step 2 From the list box at left, select the relevant ATM interface. The status information for the selected ATM interface appears at right.
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Note The interfaces listed in the ATM Interface box are DMT, ATM, and ADSL interfaces. Refer to the "Applying an ADSL Profile to a DMT Interface" section for more information on these interfaces. |
The ATM Interface Status window contains one tab, Status.
The Status tab displays status information for the selected ATM interface.The Status tab contains five areas: ATM Transmit Status, ATM Receive Status, Physical Layer Status, ATM Port Status, and Action.
ATM Transmit Status
The ATM Transmit Status area of the Status tab displays the following attributes:
Available Cell Rate---Indicates the available cell rate (specified in cells per second) for traffic sent out through the interface for this service category. This is the bandwidth available for connections. For guaranteed service categories, this value decreases as a result of connection setup and increases as a result of connection release. For non-guaranteed service categories, this value does not change as a result of connection setup and connection release.
Allocated Cell Rate---Indicates the allocated cell rate (specified in cells per second) for traffic sent out the interface for this service category. This is the bandwidth allocated to connections. For guaranteed service categories, this value increases as a result of connection setup and decreases as a result of connection release. For non-guaranteed service categories, this value is always 0.
LED Status---Indicates the transmit LED color for the selected port.
Bit Rate Type---The service category to which the row applies.
Maximum Cell Transfer Delay---Indicates the maximum cell transfer delay estimated to be experienced by cells of connections transmitted out this interface, of this service category. This is estimate does not distinguish between clp0 and clp1 cells. This object is valid for service category cbr and vbr-nrt. For other service categories, this object is not defined.
Peak To Peak Cell Delay Variation---Indicates the estimated peak to peak cell delay variation for cells of this service category transmitted out of this interface. This estimate does not distinguish between clp0 and clp1 cells. This object is valid for service categories cbr and vbr-nrt. For other service categories, the object is not defined.
Cell Loss Ratio---Indicates the estimated cell loss ratio for cells of this service category transmitted out of this interface. This ratio value is an estimate for clp0 cells. The units of this object are negative powers of ten (so an object value of 8 means 108). This object is valid for service categories cbr, vbr-rt, and vbr-nrt. For other service categories, the object is not defined.
ATM Receive Status
Available Cell Rate---Indicates the available cell rate (specified in cells per second) for traffic received by the interface for this service category. This is the bandwidth available for connections. For guaranteed service categories, this value decreases as a result of connection setup and increases as a result of connection release. For non-guaranteed service categories, this value does not change as a result of connection setup and connection release.
Allocated Cell Rate---Indicates the allocated cell rate (specified in cells per second) for traffic received by the interface for this service category. This is the bandwidth allocated to connections. For guaranteed service categories, this value increases as a result of connection setup and decreases as a result of connection release. For non-guaranteed service categories, this value is always 0.
LED Status---Indicates the receive LED color for the selected port.
Physical Layer Status
The Physical Layer Status area of the Status tab displays the following attributes:
Physical Interface Status---Indicates the status of the physical interface. The value of this object is only valid when the interface's ifAdminStatus has the value "up." Note that some of the enumerated values are specific to a particular physical layer. The values displayed are as follows: normal, los, lof, loc, ais, yellowLine, yellowPath, lop, idle, yellowAlarm, plcpLOF, plcpYellow, maFERF, pathAis, or ocd.
Clock Source Status---Indicates the network clock source status of this interface:
Physical Port Type---Indicates the physical layer medium on the port. The type is one of the following:
ATM Port Status
The ATM Port Status area of the Status tab displays the following attributes:
Number of VPCs---Number of VPCs (PVCs and SVCs) configured for use at this ATM interface. At the ATM UNI, the configured number of VPCs (PVCs and SVCs) can range from 0 to 256 only.
Number of VCCs---Number of VCCs (PVCs and SVCs) configured for the ATM interface.
Number of PVCs---Number of permanent virtual channels at this interface.
Number of PVPs---Number of permanent virtual paths at this interface.
Number of PC's---The number of permanent connections (VC or VP) of this service category currently allocated to the interface.
Number of SC's---Number of signalled connections (VC or VP) of this service category currently allocated to the interface.
Total Connections---Number of existing connections at this interface.
Admin Address---Address assigned for administrative purposes, for example, an address associated with the service provider side of a public network UNI. If the interface has no assigned administrative address, or if the address used for administrative purposes is the same as that used for ifPhysAddress, then the Admin Address is an octet string of zero length.
ATM Address Type---Type of primary ATM address configured for use at the ATM interface.
NSAP (network service access point) Address---Allows you to specify the NSAP address.
Configured VP Interface---Number of configured VP interfaces at this physical interface.
SVC Minimum VCI---Minimum value in the range of values from which VCIs are assigned to new SVCs. As this value increases, the number of VCIs available for PVCs increases. This applies to each VPI of the physical interface and each logical port.
Active SVPs---Number of active switched virtual paths at this interface.
Active SVCs---Number of active switched virtual channels at this interface.
Action
The Action area includes the Show Connections button. If you click the Show Connections button, the CDM issues a query to identify the connections currently configured for the selected interface. An action log appears that lists all connections found on the selected interface.
The DMT Interface Status window displays status information for a selected DMT line card. To view the DMT Interface Status window:
The DMT Interface Status window appears (Figure 7-5).

Step 2 From the list boxes at left, select the relevant chassis, card, and DMT interface. The status information for the selected DMT line appears at right.
The DMT Interface Status window has two tabs: Line and Channel.
The Line tab displays downstream and upstream line status information, as well as line status information that is common to both parameters, for the selected DMT line card. The Line tab contains two areas: Downstream/Upstream Parameters and Common.
Downstream/Upstream Parameters
The Downstream/Upstream Parameters represent the local end and the remote end, respectively, of the ADSL line. This area displays the following attributes:
State---Indicates the current state of the DMT transceiver. The current state can change dynamically. The possible values displayed for downstream parameters are as follows:
The possible State values displayed for upstream parameters are as follows:
Issue Number---Reports the issue number of the standard according to which the downstream DMT ADSL transceiver is currently operating. The issue number is determined by the hardware and is transmitted by the downstream in C-MSGS1 during initialization. The upstream device transmits the issue number in an R-MSGS1 message during initialization. The possible issue numbers are:
Enterprise Specific State---The value of this object specifies the enterprise-specific status of the downstream device. Possible values include: other or standard. If the value is other, and the downstream device is in an unrecognized state, then the value of this object is unknown. If the value is other, and the downstream device is not in an unrecognized state, then the value of this object specifies the enterprise-specific state of the downstream device.
Common
The Common area displays the following attributes:
Embedded Operations Channel Mode---Reports whether the embedded operations channel can support autonomous data streaming mode or only transaction mode. After initialization, unknown is reported until sufficient autonomous eoc messages have been transmitted to determine the true capability of both ATUs. The possible values displayed and the corresponding meaning is as follows:
Trellis Encoding---Reports whether the Trellis coding is used on the DMT Line. Use of trellis coding is determined at line initialization with C-MSGS1 and R-MSGS1 exchanges and does not change until the line is re-initialized. The possible values displayed are as follows:
DMT Line Overhead Framing---This object represents the negotiated overhead framing structure being used downstream and upstream.
The Channel tab displays fast and interleaved channel status information for the selected DMT line card. The Channel tab (Figure 7-6) has two areas: Fast and Interleaved.

Fast and Interleaved
The Fast and Interleaved areas have the same information, but for different types of channels. Both areas display the following attributes:
Current Codeword Size---Displays the number of symbols per codeword being used by the downstream device for downstream messages on an interleaved channel during the training sequence. The downstream device can fallback from this value based on the aggregate data rate achieved during training.
Current FEC Size---The number of Forward Error Correction (FEC) redundancy bytes per codeword. The codeword size and interleave depth affect FEC operation.
After you deploy a SONET (Synchronous Optical NETwork) interface, you can access status information for that interface in the SONET Interface Status window.
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Note SONET and OC-3 interfaces are the same component. |
The SONET Interface Status window appears (Figure 7-7).

Step 2 From the list boxes at left, select the relevant chassis, card, and SONET Interface (OC-3 interface). The status information for the selected SONET interface appears at right.
The SONET Interface Status window contains the following five tabbed sections:
The Medium tab provides information on the physical medium. The Medium tab contains one area: Medium. The Medium area displays the following attributes:
Type---Indicates whether SONET is operating over the interface.
Line Coding---Displays the type of line coding used in the interface.
Line Type---Displays the line type of the interface.
Valid Intervals---Displays the number of previous intervals for which valid data has been stored.
Time Elapsed---Displays the time elapsed (in seconds) since the beginning of current error-measurement period.
Circuit ID---Displays the vendor's circuit identifier.
The Section tab details errors encountered during framing, scrambling, error monitoring, and section maintenance. The Section tab has one area, Section (Figure 7-8).

The Section area displays the following attributes:
Loss of Frame---Displays the number of loss of framing failures since agent reset.
Loss of Signal---Displays the number of loss of signal failures since agent reset.
No Defect---Transition from failure to no alarm state occurs when no defects (for example, LOF) are received for more than 10 seconds.
The Line tab details errors encountered during multiplexing or synchronization. The Line tab has one area, Line (Figure 7-9).

The Line area displays the following attributes:
Alarm Indication Signal Errors---A red light indicates that line signal errors are detected; a green light indicates that line signal errors are not detected.
Remote Defect Indication Errors---A red light indicates that remote defect errors have been detected; a green light indicates that remote defect errors are not detected.
No Defect---Transition from failure to no alarm state occurs when no defects (for example, LOF) are received for more than 10 seconds.
The Path tab displays errors encountered while mapping signals into the format required by the Line layer. The Path tab has one area, Path (Figure 7-10).

The Path area displays the following attributes:
Signal Label Mismatch---Indicates incorrect payload type signal label mismatch on a SONET line.
STS - Alarm Indication Signal---Indicates whether the path alarm indication signal errors are enabled or disabled.
STS - Remote Defect Indication---Indicates whether the path remote defect indication errors are enabled or disabled.
STS - Loss of Pointer---Indicates whether the path loss of pointer errors are enabled or disabled.
Unequipped---Indicates STS payload unequipped: no path originating equipment.
No Defect---Transitions from failure to no alarm state if no defects (for example, LOF) are received for more than 10 seconds.
The Virtual Tributary tab displays errors encountered while converting between STS and OC signals. The Virtual Tributary tab contains one area, Virtual Tributary (Figure 7-11).

The Virtual Tributary area displays the following attributes:
Remote Failure Indication---A SONET port status indicator activates when a path remote defect indication (PRDI) occurs and does not clear throughout the alarm integration period, which is typically 2.5 seconds. A remote failure indication occurs when bit 5 of the G1 byte is set to 1 for 10 consecutive frames. This occurrence begins the alarm integration period. If this period elapses without the detection of 10 consecutive frames in which all G1 bit 5s are set to 0, the PRFI indicator activates. The PRFI indicator clears when a PRDI does not occur for a time interval equal to the alarm deactivation period (typically 10 seconds).
Alarm Indication Signal---Reveals whether the virtual tributary alarm indication signal errors are enabled or disabled.
Loss of Pointer---Indicates whether the virtual tributary loss of pointer errors are enabled or disabled.
Remote Defect Indication---Reveals whether the path remote defect indication errors are enabled or disabled.
Unequipped---Indicates STS payload unequipped: no virtual tributary originating equipment.
Signal Label Mismatch---Incorrect payload type signal label mismatch on a SONET line.
No Defect---Transition from failure to no alarm state occurs when no defects (for example, LOF) are received for more than 10 seconds.
You can view chassis availability details in the Chassis Fault Management window.
The Chassis Fault Management window appears (Figure 7-12).

Step 2 From the list box at left, select the chassis for which you want to view status information.
The Chassis Fault Management window has four tabs: General, Power Supply, Temperature, and Fan. Only the General tab applies to the CDM for Cisco DSLAMs for this release; the other three tabs are not applicable.
The General tab contains three areas: Chassis Availability, LED Status (this area is not applicable for CDM for this release), and Cisco Contact Details.
Chassis Availability
The Chassis Availability area contains attributes that reflect the availability of the chassis, as follows:
Up Time---Displays the up time since the last reset.
Last Changed Time---Displays the time when the chassis was last modified.
Last Restart Reason---Displays the reason for the last restart.
Last Authentication Failure Address---Displays the last authorization failure IP address for the selected chassis.
Clock Source Status---(not applicable for CDM)
LED Status
The LED Status area is not applicable for CDM.
Cisco Contact Details
The Cisco Contact Details area displays Cisco contact details.
You can view the status for any card, which includes NI-2 management cards and DMT line cards, in the Module Fault Management window.
The Module Fault Management window appears (Figure 7-13).

Step 2 From the list boxes at left, select the chassis and card. The corresponding details for the selected card appear in the tab at right.
The Fault Management tab has two areas: Module Availability and Cisco Contact Details.
Module Availability
The Module Availability area displays the following details:
Up Time---Displays the up time since last reset.
Free Memory---Displays the memory space (in bytes) currently unused by the interface.
Last Restart Reason---Provides the reason for the last restart.
Last Authentication Failure Address---Provides the IP address of the NI-2 card that last failed authentication.
Operational Status---Displays the current operational status of the selected NI-2 card. Possible values are:
Cisco Contact Details
The Cisco Contact Details area displays any provided Cisco contact details.
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Posted: Sat Jul 29 06:58:28 PDT 2000
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