50APPENDIX B: ADMINISTERING ATM

Table 7 describes the fields provided in the UNI Management Entity displays.

Table 7 Fields in the UME Display

Attribute

Description

 

 

connCount

Number of times port has successfully connected since last

 

reboot

discCount

Number of times port has disconnected since last reboot

dropRxPdus

Number of protocol data units (frames) received but not

 

processed

reqState

Requested connection state for management access and address

 

registration (connected or disconnected)

reqVci

Requested virtual channel identifier. This value takes effect after

 

you disable and then enable the port.

reqVpi

Requested Virtual Path Identifier. This value takes effect after you

 

disable and then enable the port.

rxPdus

Number of protocol data units (frames) received

txPdus

Number of protocol data units (frames) transmitted.

state

Current connection state for management access and address

 

registration. Possible values:

 

Connected — Address registration has been successfully

 

completed

 

Connecting — Circuit is up, but the port has not successfully

 

completed address registration

 

Disconnected — Either the reqState has been set to this state

 

or the circuit is down

 

Disconnecting — Address registration has been terminated

 

but the circuit is still up

vci

Current virtual channel identifier

vpi

Current virtual path identifier

 

 

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