Transport Maintenance Overview

The Transport Manager > Maintenance > Transport page shows the Transport Status for each configured Transport, including the Administrative State and Operational Status of each Transport. The Administrative State can be Enabled, Blocked, or Disabled. The Operational Status can be Up or Down.

The Transport Manager > Maintenance > Transport page can be accessed by selecting Transport Manager > Maintenance > Transport in the left-hand GUI menu, or by clicking Status on the Transport Manager > Configuration > Transport GUI page.

Each MP server reports status only for Transports hosted by that MP server.

Status information is obtained on the system through the collection process, whereby the SOAM server collects data from the MP servers.

Errors, warnings, and the possible need for maintenance activity are shown on the GUI page in colored cells so that the conditions are readily identifiable.

When the active server's collection status is Unknown, cells with gray text indicate the last known information about the Transport.

The Transport Manager > Maintenance > Transport values are helpful under alarm conditions as a starting point for gathering additional information. For example, a timestamp is recorded when a Transport goes down. The timestamp can be used to narrow the search in the event history log and measurements reports.

After rudimentary information for troubleshooting has been obtained, the network operator can continue investigating using the Alarms & Events and Measurements GUI pages.

On the Transport Manager > Maintenance > Transport page, you can perform the following actions:

• Filter the list of Transports to display only the desired Transports.
• Sort the list by a column in ascending or descending order by clicking the column heading. The default order is by Transport Name in ascending ASCII order.
• Select one or more rows, and click Enable to enable each selected Transport.
• Select one or more rows, and click Disable to disable each selected Transport.
• Select one or more rows, and click Block to block each selected Transport.
• Prevent the page from automatically refreshing by clicking the Pause updates check box.