Chapter 10 Monitor

Each field is described in the following table.

Table 30 Monitor > System Status > Interface Status

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Interface

If an Ethernet interface does not have any physical ports associated with

Status

it, its entry is displayed in light gray text.

 

 

Expand/Close

Click this button to show or hide statistics for all the virtual interfaces on

 

top of the Ethernet interfaces.

 

 

Name

This field displays the name of each interface. If there is a Expand icon

 

(plus-sign) next to the name, click this to look at the status of virtual

 

interfaces on top of this interface.

 

 

Port

This field displays the physical port number.

 

 

Status

This field displays the current status of each interface. The possible

 

values depend on what type of interface it is.

 

For Ethernet interfaces:

 

Inactive - The Ethernet interface is disabled.

 

Down - The Ethernet interface is enabled but not connected.

 

Speed / Duplex - The Ethernet interface is enabled and connected.

 

This field displays the port speed and duplex setting (Full or Half).

 

Port Group Inactive - The Ethernet interface does not have any

 

physical ports associated with it.

 

Port Group Up - The Ethernet interface is part of a port group and is

 

connected.

 

Port Group Down - The Ethernet interface is part of a port group and is

 

not connected.

 

For cellular (3G) interfaces, see Section 10.9 on page 239 for the status

 

that can appear.

 

For the auxiliary interface:

 

Inactive - The auxiliary interface is disabled.

 

Connected - The auxiliary interface is enabled and connected.

 

Disconnected - The auxiliary interface is not connected.

 

For virtual interfaces, this field always displays Up. If the virtual

 

interface is disabled, it does not appear in the list.

 

For VLAN and bridge interfaces, this field always displays Up. If the

 

VLAN or bridge interface is disabled, it does not appear in the list.

 

For PPP interfaces:

 

Connected - The PPP interface is connected.

 

Disconnected - The PPP interface is not connected.

 

If the PPPP interface is disabled, it does not appear in the list.

 

 

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