remote ports are connected to the Fiber and UTP ports of the local device. The remote partner is managed by the local device via the 802.3ah OAM channel.
•Discovery State - Indicates the Discovery state (“Complete”, “In Process” or “Incomplete”) of the remote ports. If “Complete” is displayed, Discovery has been completed. If “In Process”, Discovery has been initiated but no response from the local device has yet been received by the remote partner. If “Incomplete”, Discovery is in process, but is not yet completed.
•Multiplexer State - Indicates the Multiplexer state (“Discard”, “Forward” or “Unknown”) of the remote ports. If “Forward” is displayed, the remote partner is forwarding
•Parser Action - Indicates the Parser Action state (“Discard”, “Forward” or “Loopback”) of the remote ports. If “Forward” is displayed, the remote partner is forwarding
•Critical Event - Indicates the Critical Event state (“Yes” or “No”) of the remote partner. If “Yes” is displayed, the local device has detected a Critical Event. If “No”, the local device has not detected a critical event.
•Link Fault - Indicates the remote partner has detected a fault in the receive direction (“Yes” or “No”). If “Yes” is displayed, the receive link is down. If “No”, the receive link is up.
•OAM Mode - Indicates the OAM mode (“Active” or “Passive”) of the remote partner.
•Supports - Indicates the supported options (Variable Access “Var”, Link Event Notification “Events”, Loopback “LB” or blank if no options are supported) of the remote partner.
•OUI - Indicates the three hex byte IEEE organizational specific identifier (or blank if unknown) of the remote partner.
802.3ah parameters can be accessed by selecting options 5 from the Port configuration screen. The fiber configuration screen is displayed.
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