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Cisco Catalyst Switch Manager User Guide
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Chapter 8 Interface and Subinterface Management
POS Subinterface Management—Configuration Window
The following tabs are available on the POS Sub-interface Management—Configuration window:
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Status Tab
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Configuration Tab
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POS Tab
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Performance Tab
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POS Statistics Tab
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Routing Protocol Tab
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Additional Notes Tab
Status Tab
The Status tab of the POS Sub-interface Management—Configuration window consists of a single area,
Interface Status. The Interface Status area provides the following information to describe the general
characteristics of the interface.
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Description—Comment or a description to help you remember what is attached to this interface. The
description is only put in the configuration to help you remember what specific interfaces are used
for.
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Index—String index of the interface. This attribute is read-only.
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Type—Indicates the type of interface distinguished by the physical and link layer protocols on the
interface.
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Operational Status—The current operational state of the interface. This attribute is read-only. This
attribute has one of the following values:
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unknown
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down
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up
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dormant—Interface is waiting for external actions (such as a serial line waiting for an incoming
connection)
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notPresent—Interface has missing (typically, hardware) components.
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lowerLayerDown—Indicates that the primary channelized SONET interface has failed.
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Administrative Status—The desired state of the interface. This attribute has one of the following
values:
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up
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down
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Number of Resets—Number of times the interface internally reset. This attribute is read-only.
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Connector Present—Displays if a cable is attached to the parent interface (the OSM Channelized
SONET Interface). These are the values:
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yes
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no
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unknown—This value is used when the Administrative Status is not set to “up”. In this case, it
cannot be determined if a connection is present or not.