Monitoring Traffic; Serial Ports - Cabletron Systems Netlink FRX4000 User Manual

Monitoring Traffic

Serial Ports

Status Displays
, etc. – The signal names (with connector pin numbers in parentheses) are
TD(2)
listed as ,
ON OFF
between states). For different physical interfaces, the names remain the same,
but the numbers change.
If displaying signal information for a remote subscriber, press
(The display for a remote subscriber shows, by default, the current values at the time
you entered the RLP number.)
On an FRX6000, pressing
If the next RLP is not configured, the message
of a display. operates in a circular fashion; pressing
[F5]
will display RLP 0.
The port monitor displays the control data and information data of traffic passing over
a serial interface. Data can be gathered in real time for an X.25, SDLC, BSC, or async
port, or an LLC2 session.
Running the traffic monitor on a frame relay port will degrade
performance on the port.
Press at the Traffic Monitor Menu (or
[A]
prompted, enter:
: on FRX4000,
RLP 0
: , or
Port 0–63 65
While remotely controlling a node, you cannot monitor the line to which
you are connected.
A message like the following will appear:
Display Selection is: mode: Hexadecimal
Level: 3, Data length: 25
Data Link Mgmt
FR1490:Classified, Interpreted
Selected Packets are: QData Call Clear Restart Reset Int Diag Unk only
SDLC Station Address Filter: ff
Options are F,H,L,M,S,D,Q,C,R,T,A,2,3,E,P - and F3 to exit
Press F to start
, or (unknown: non-functional, unused, or in transition
UNK
will bring up the display for the subscriber's next RLP.
[F5]
[C], [E], [A]
on FRX6000.
0–7
to monitor LLC2 sessions.
to update the data.
[F2]
will appear in place
RLP not installed
while displaying RLP 7
[F5]
from the Main Menu) and, when
LCN: All for RLP: 2 Port: 2
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