Viewing the Connection Status Report

The connection status report provides an aggregate view of connections maintained by managed Policy Management systems. The display is refreshed every ten seconds.

To view the connection status report.

From the System Wide Reports section of the navigation pane, select Others.
Select Connection Status

Figure 1 shows a sample connection status report.

Sample Connection Status Report

From the report page you can do the following:

To sort the report on any column, click the column title.
To pause the display of connections, click Pause. To resume the display, click Refresh.
To display another page of the report, click the page number.

You can customize what information is displayed by controlling which table columns appear, using the Columns list. The available columns are the following:

Server
Name of the associated system.
Server Type
MPE (Multimedia Policy Engine) or MRA.
Remote Identity
The Diameter ID (if known) or IP address of the remote system.
Type
The type of connection
Status
The status of the connection (the possible values are protocol-specific).
Up/Down Since
The timestamp when the connection reached its current state (N/A if the connection has never been established).
# Total Connect
The number of times that the connection has been re-established.

Note: This counter is reset if the cluster is restarted.
# Active Connect
The number of active connections.

Note: This counter is reset if the cluster is restarted.
Msgs Sent
The number of Diameter or RADIUS protocol messages that have been sent to the remote system.
Msgs Received
The number of protocol messages that have been received from the remote system.
Errors Sent
The number of protocol error messages that have been sent to the remote system.
Errors Received
The number of protocol error messages that have been received from the remote system.

If a connection is in a non-functional state, the row is displayed in red; if a connection is in a transitional state between functional and non-functional (including when a connection is being established), the row is displayed in yellow.

You can filter results by controlling which table rows appear, using the Filters list. You can define filtering criteria using the following fields:

Server
Filter in all servers (default) or one specific server.
Server Type
Filter in all server types (default), totals only, MPE devices only, or MRA devices only.
Remote Identity
Filter in all remote devices (default) or one specific device.
Type
Filter in all remote device types (default) or one specific device type: Diameter AF, Diameter PCEF, Diameter BBERF, Diameter TDF, Diameter SH, Diameter CTF, or Diameter DRMA.
Status
Filter in all remote device status values (default) or one specific status: down, normal, or reopen.

You can save formatting changes to the report page. Click Save Layout.

You can display the report in a format suitable for printing. Click Printable Format; a Connection Status Report window opens.

You can save the report in comma-separated value (CSV) format, suitable for importing into a spreadsheet application. Click Save as CSV. A file named report.csv is generated, and a standard File Download window opens, so you can save or open the file.

You can save the report as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file, suitable for storage or online display. Click Export PDF. A file named report.pdf is generated, and a standard File Download window opens, so you can save or open the file.