Chapter 6 Managing Virtual Ports

Table 6.1 Output from the vport show command (Continued)

Field

Description

 

 

 

 

 

ILMI State

The ILMI state of the virtual port. The possible ILMI states are:

 

Inactive

The virtual port is disabled or the physical

 

 

layer is down.

 

NoContact

The physical layer is up but the remote

 

 

ILMI entity is not responding.

 

CStartSent

The M770 ATM Switch is attempting to start

 

 

an ILMI dialogue (a cold start trap has been

 

 

sent).

 

GNTimeout

The M770 ATM Switch has received no

 

 

response to a getnext request from the ILMI

 

 

prefix table of the remote device.

 

GetRemoteInfo

The M770 ATM Switch is interrogating the

 

 

remote device to determine link

 

 

characteristics.

 

SwDoRegPrefix

The M770 ATM Switch telling the remote

 

 

device about the switch prefix of the M770

 

 

ATM Switch.

 

SwWaitAddress

The M770 ATM Switch has set the prefix

 

 

and is waiting to receive the address from

 

 

the remote device.

 

SwHaveAddress

The M770 ATM Switch has received the

 

 

address from the user side.

 

SwToSwPause

There is a pause in the ILMI dialogue

 

 

between two switches.

 

Ready

ILMI is up on an UNI link (not between two

 

 

switches).

 

InterSwitch

ILMI is up on a link between two switches.

 

NoPrefixes

ILMI has tried repeatedly to tell the remote

 

 

device its prefix without success. It will try

 

 

to bring signalling up but remains in this

 

 

state.

 

Disabled

ILMI is disabled on this port.

 

ShuttingDown(Disabled)

 

 

Port is in the process of disabling ILMI on

 

 

this port.

 

 

 

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