Checking Port Status and Counters

SHOW/LIST/MONITOR PORT SUMMARY Display Fields

The following table describes the information under the headings in the SHOW/LIST/ MONITOR PORT SUMMARY display:

Heading

Description

 

 

Port

Number n of the port.

Access

Current setting of the ACCESS port characteristic. Access

 

determines how a port can access a service node or how a port

 

can be accessed by other interactive users and by service nodes.

 

Access is shown by one of the following:

 

• Dynamic — Access server allows access to the port to

 

alternate between local and remote.

 

• Local — Access server allows only interactive use of the

 

port.

 

• None — Access server prevents any use of the port.

 

• Remote — Access server allows only remote connections on

 

the port. Port access is specified by using the SET/DEFINE/

 

CHANGE PORT command.

Status

Current status of the port, which can be one of the following:

 

• Connected — Port is connected to a service.

 

• Connecting — Port is attempting a connection to a service.

 

• Disconnected — Session was terminated while dormant.

 

• Disconnecting — Session is disconnecting from a service.

 

• Idle — Port is not in use.

 

• Local Mode — Port is logged in to the access server and is

 

not connected to or connecting to a service.

 

• Locked — LOCK command was executed on the port.

 

• Permanent — Status that appears for the LIST command.

 

• Signal Wait — The port failed to assert the DSR signal

 

during a signal check controlled connection attempt.

Services

The local services that the access server offers on the port. Host-

Offered

initiated requests can be made for these services.

 

 

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