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Displaying Frame Relay Backup Status
Possible States:
Status Displays
To display operational states of backup and backed-up frame relay DLCIs, press
the Protocol Status Displays Menu (or
from the following list and enter (when prompted) the RLP/port or group number:
A Display States for all Backup DLCIs on a Port
B Display States for all Primary DLCIs on a Port
C Display States for all Backup DLCIs in a Group
– The DLCI is capable of passing data.
Active
– (Primary DLCI only) The DLCI is down or undergoing IPL, but
Backup Wait
the switchover timer has not yet expired.
– (Primary DLCI only) The DLCI has been backed up, and data will
Backed Up
be routed over the backup DLCI.
– (Backup DLCI only) The primary DLCI is now up, but the
Restore Wait
switchback timer has not yet expired. (The state will return to
Primary DLCI goes down again before the timer expires.)
Inactive
– (Backup DLCI only) The DLCI is available.
– The initiating node has issued a switchover or switchback
ACK Wait/Hold
command and is waiting for an ACK (acknowledgment) from the remote node.
Received data traffic will be held pending the ACK.
ACK Wait/Discard
a pre-determined number of transmissions of the switchover/switchback
command. Any received or held traffic will be discarded.
Backup Pend/Hold
located. Received data will be queued on the primary DLCI's queue.
Backup Pend/Discard
be located. Received data will be discarded.
[C], [F], [E]
– The ACK (see
ACK Wait/Hold
– (Primary DLCI only) A backup DLCI is attempting to be
– (Primary DLCI only) A backup DLCI is attempting to
from the Main Menu), then select
Active
) has not been received within
at
[E]
if the
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