5.2.4 vSTP Maintenance Link Set Status

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

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

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

vSTP Maintenance Linkset Status Elements

The following describes fields on the Linkset status maintenance page:

Field Description
Congestion Level The congestion level of the Link Set. This is the lowest of the congestion levels of all the Links configured in the Link Set. The congestion level options can be :
  • Normal
  • CL1
  • CL2
  • CL3
MP server Name of the vSTP MP server that is currently reporting the status of the Link Set.
Link Set Name Name of the Linkset.
Operational Reason Reason for the operational status.
Operational Status A Linkset's administrative state can be:
  • Available: the Linkset is available for routing
  • Degraded: the Linkset is not unavailable but it is not operating as expected. The Operational Reason field provides additional information on this status.
  • Unavailable: the Linkset is unavailable. The Operational Reason field provides additional information on this status.
Status Known Status can be:
  • True: The Linkset status is known.
  • False: The Linkset status is unknown.

    The value depends on Operational Status, Congestion Level, Last Updated, Operational Reason values.

Last Updated Time stamp which indicates the last time status information was updated.