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Interface tab fields


Field Description
Index
A unique value assigned to each interface. The value ranges between 64 and 511.
Name
The name given to the port.
Descr
The port type of this interface.
Type
The media type of this interface.
Mtu
The size of the largest packet, in octets, that can be sent/received on the interface.
PhysAddress
The MAC address assigned to a particular interface.
VendorDescr
The name of the interface chipset. (May not apply to all port types.)
AdminStatus
One of the following states:
  • up
  • down
  • testing
When a managed system initializes, all interfaces start with AdminStatus in the up state. As a result of either explicit management action or per configuration information retained by the managed system, AdminStatus is then changed to either the down or the testing state (or remains in the down state). The testing state indicates that no operational packets can be passed.
OperStatus
The current operational state of the interface. One of the following states:
  • up
  • down
  • testing
The testing state indicates that no operational packets can be passed. If AdminStatus is down, then OperStatus should be down. If AdminStatus is changed to up, then OperStatus should change to up if the interface is ready to transmit and receive network traffic. It should remain in the down state if and only if there is a fault that prevents it from going to the up state.
LastChange
The value of sysUpTime at the time the interface entered its current operational state. If the current state was entered prior to the last reinitialization of the local network management subsystem, the value is zero.
LinkTrap
Indicates whether or not link Up/link Down traps should be generated for this interface.
AutoNegotiate
Indicates whether this port is enabled for autonegotiations (only 10/100BASE ports). Nortel Networks recommends that you use autonegotiation whenever it is supported by the devices on both ends of a Gigabit fiber link. When the Passport 8600 Series switch is connected to a device that does not support it, autonegotiation should be disabled and SFFD enabled. For more information, see Network Design Guidelines.
AdminDuplex
Indicates the port's current duplex value (half-duplex or full-duplex mode).
OperDuplex
The current operational duplex mode of the port (half or full).
AdminSpeed
Indicates the port's speed (10 Mb/s or 100 Mb/s).
OperSpeed
The current operating speed of the port.
QosLevel
Quality of service level.
DiffServEnable
Used to enable differentiated services on this port.
DiffServType
Sets the type of differentiated service to none, access or core.
MultimediaPlatformAndDevice
Specifies the platform and multimedia device
TelephonyAndMultimediaFilterEnable
Enables telephony and multimedia filters
MltId
The MultiLink Trunk to which the port is assigned (if any).
Locked
Indicates whether or not the port is locked. When locked, the port configuration cannot be changed. To lock or unlock a port, select Edit > Security > Port Lock.
UnknownMacDiscard
If rcUnknownMacDiscard is set to True, then a packet with an unknown source MAC address is dropped on that port, and other ports then will discard any packets with this MAC address in the destination field. For example, suppose 11:22:33:44:55:66 is an unknown source MAC. Packets with source MAC 11:22:33:44:55 coming from this port are discarded; furthermore, packets with destination MAC 11:22:33:44:55:66 coming from other ports are also discarded, unless this address is later learned on another port or the restriction ages out.
Note: You cannot set the unknown-mac-discard lock-autolearn-mac disable parameter when autolearn is disabled.
DirectBroadcastEnable
Used to indicate whether this interface should forward direct broadcast traffic.
Action
One of the following port-related actions:
  • none
  • flushMacFdb--flush MAC forwarding table for port
  • flushArp--flush ARP table for port
  • flushIp--flush IP route table for port
  • flushAll--flush all tables for port
  • triggerRipUpdate--manually update the RIP table
Result
The result of port-related actions.
AdminRouting
Enables or disables routing for a port.
OperRouting
Indicates the state of routing for the port.


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