5.2.2 vSTP Maintenance Connection Status

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

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

• Filter the list of Connections 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 Connection Name in ascending ASCII order.
• Prevent the page from automatically refreshing by clicking the Pause updates checkbox.
• Enable Connections
• Disable Connections

vSTP Maintenance Connection Status Elements

The following describes fields on the Connection Status maintenance page:

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

Enabling Connections

Use the following steps to enable one or more Connections:

1. Click VSTP > Maintenance > Connection Status.
2. Select 1 - 20 Connections to enable.

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

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

Disabling Connections

Use the following steps to disable one or more Connections:

1. Click VSTP > Maintenance > Connection Status.
2. Select 1 - 20 Connections to disable.

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

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