The ATM Port object describes a port (physical interface) on an ATM communications card.
Each ATM Port object is a child of an Adaptor object with adaptor type PB1000, PB2000, or PB4000. If the Adaptor object has its Protection mode field set to Backup, this object appears only on the VP3510 or MG3510.
In the EMS System Explorer, the name shown for each ATM Port indicates
For example, 'ATM Port (Controller A, Slot 1, Port 1)'.
In general, you will add ATM Port objects using the "create all ports" action on the parent Adaptor object, and should not need to create them individually.
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The Deactivation mode option applies only in a VP3510 or MG3510. For ATM Ports in a VP3500 or MG3500, the deactivation mode for an ATM Port is always Normal, and so there is no Deactivation mode option. Quiesce mode deactivation is available on the associated Fault Tolerant ATM Port. |
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This object appears as a child object of any PB4000 Adaptor, but you cannot use it on a Revision 3 PB4000 Adaptor (which does not support ATM). In this case you can either delete this port object or leave it disabled. If you attempt to enable this port object on a Revision 3 PB4000 Adaptor, it will be alarmed because you cannot use it. |
Parameter |
Access |
Description |
Port number | Create | An identifier for this ATM Port. The valid port numbers depend on the parent adaptor type, as follows.
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Additional information | Change | A text field that can be used to store information about the ATM Port. This field is optional; you can supply up to 64 characters of free-form text. The text wraps to the width of the field on screen, or you can use the Enter key to force linebreaks. |
Description | Read only | Information about the controller, chassis slot number and port number associated with this port. |
Line status | Read only | Specifies the line status of the ATM Port. One or more of the following values may be set:
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Deactivation mode | Change | This field appears only in a VP3510 or MG3510. Specifies how child objects should be deactivated when deactivating this object. Values:
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Alarm state | Read only | Specifies whether any alarms are currently raised for this object. Values:
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Alarm log correlator | Read only | Identifier of the log message for the event that caused the last Attention Required alarm state for this object. This field is reset when the Attention Required alarm events field is reset to zero. |
Attention Required alarm events | Read only / Reset | Number of times (since the alarm count was reset) that this object's alarm state has gone to Attention Required. |
Alarm state changed timestamp | Read only | The time at which the Alarm state last changed. |
Alarm events reset timestamp | Read only | The time at which the Attention Required alarm events was last reset to zero. |
Diagnostics - logging - log level | Change | This field appears only in a VP3510 or MG3510. Specifies the level of logs recorded for this object. Logs with a priority equal to or greater than the priority specified are recorded. Set to Default level to use the system-wide default level. Values:
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Diagnostics - API trace - enabled | Change | This field appears only in a VP3510 or MG3510. Specifies whether API tracing is enabled for this object. Values:
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Diagnostics - API trace - trace tag | Change | This field appears only in a VP3510 or MG3510. An optional diagnostics tag inserted into API tracing and PD logging for this object. This tag may include any ASCII characters. However, if you want to filter on this tag in the craft interface, do not include spaces or any of the characters ^ \ $ * + ? | ( ) , . ` ' " [ ] { }. |
Requested status | Read only | Specifies whether an administrator has attempted to activate the port. Values:
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Actual status | Read only | Specifies the current status of the port. Values:
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