Paradyne 8546, 8540 manual DSL Monitoring Physical Layer Screens, Physical Layer Options 1

Monitoring the HotWire DSLAM

DSL Monitoring Physical Layer Screens

Use the system information submenu of the Physical Layer screens to display read-only system information about physical ports.

"Procedure

To view the active ports list, Ethernet statistics, and HDLC bus statistics:

1.Follow this menu sequence: Monitoring → Physical Layer (B-B)

2.The Physical Layer menu appears. Select the submenu option as shown in Table 7-7 and press Return.

Table 7-7. Physical Layer Options (1 of 5)

Active List (Active Ports List) B-B-A

Displays a list of the current status of all the active ports (e1a = Ethernet;

s1b = backplane; s1c, s1d, s1e, and s1f = DSL cards) in the card such as the port number, port name, port type, MAC address, and status of the port (in use or disconnected).

Num ± Number of the port.

Name ± Name of the port.

Description ± Type of port.

MAC Address ± MAC address of the active port. (Internal dummy address used for non-Ethernet ports.)

Status ± Active or disconnected.

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