5.2.1 vSTP Maintenance Link Status

The VSTP > Maintenance > Link Status page allows you to view information about existing links, including the operational status of each link.

You can perform these tasks on an Active System OAM (SOAM).

• Filter the list of links to display only the desired Connections.
• Sort the list by a column, in ascending or descending order, by clicking the column heading. The default order is by Link Name in ascending ASCII order.
• Prevent the page from automatically refreshing by clicking the Pause updates checkbox.
• Enable Links
• Disable Links

vSTP Maintenance Link Status Elements

The following describes fields on the Link Status maintenance page:

Field	Description
Link Name	Name of the link.
mp Server Host Name	Hostname of the MP server from which status is reported.
Admin State	A Link's administrative state can be: Enabled: the Link is Enabled Disabled: the Link is Disabled Unk: unknown; the state of the Link is not available in the database
Operational Status	A Link's administrative state can be: Available: the Link is available for routing Degraded: the Link is not unavailable but it is not operating as expected. The Operational Reason field provides additional information on this status. Unavailable: the Link is unavailable. The Operational Reason field provides additional information on this status.
Operational Reason	Reason for the Operational Status.
Link Type	Link type.
Linkset Name	Name of the associated linkset.
Time of Last Update	Time stamp that shows the last time the status information was updated.
Status Known	The status can be: True: The Link status is available. False: The Link status is not available. The value depends on the Operational Status, mp Server Host Name, Time of Last Update, or Operational Reason.

Enabling Links

Use the following steps to enable one or more links:

1. Click VSTP > Maintenance > Link Status.
2. Select 1 - 20 links to enable.

   To select multiple links, press CTRL when selecting each connection. To select multiple contiguous links, click the first connection you want, then press SHIFT and select the last link you want. All the links in between are also selected.

3. Click Enable.
4. Click OK on the confirmation screen to enable the selected links. If any of the selected links no longer exist (they have been deleted by another user), an error message displays, but any selected links that do exist are enabled.

Disabling Links

Use the following steps to disable one or more links:

1. Click VSTP > Maintenance > Link Status.
2. Select 1 - 20 links to disable.

   To select multiple links, press CTRL when selecting each connection. To select multiple contiguous links, click the first connection you want, then press SHIFT and select the last link you want. All the links in between are also selected.

3. Click Disable.
4. Click OK on the confirmation screen to disable the selected links. If any of the selected links no longer exist (they have been deleted by another user), an error message displays, but any selected links that do exist are disabled.