OSA Ports Workspace
The OSA Ports workspace provides data on OSA port usage.
To display the OSA Ports workspace, do the following:
- Click the OSA navigator item for a specific
TCP/IP stack to display the OSA Channels workspace.
- If the value for the OSA channel Subtype attribute
in the OSA-Express Channels Summary Table is gigabitEthernet, fastEthernet
or oneThousandBaseTEthernet, right-click the Link icon
by this table row.
- A conditional link is displayed in the list of available links.
Select OSA Ports to navigate you to the OSA
Ports workspace.
Summary information is provided in the OSA-Express Ports Summary Table located
at the bottom of the workspace.
The OSA Ports workspace displays the following views:
- Current Packets: Displays the number of
packets either received by a specific port or transmitted by a specific
port over the current collection interval. The information is presented
in a bar graph where:
- Yellow represents the number of current
packets out over the current collection period.
- Blue represents the number of current packets
in over the current collection period.
This data applies to a channel selected from the OSA Channels
workspace.
- Current Broadcast Frames: Displays the number
of broadcast frames received by this port over the current collection
interval. The information is presented in a bar graph where yellow
represents the number of broadcast frames over the current collection
period. This data applies to a channel selected from the OSA Channels
workspace.
- Current Group Frames: Displays the number
of group frames received by this port over the current collection
interval. The information is presented in a bar graph where yellow
represents the number of group frames over the current collection
period. This data applies to a channel selected from the OSA Channels
workspace.
- Current Unknown IP Frames: Displays the
number of packets that were discarded over the current collection
interval because they did not have a matching IP address and there
was no primary nor secondary router default defined. The information
is presented in a bar graph where yellow represents the number of
unknown IP frames over the current collection period
- OSA-Express Ports Summary Table: Displays extensive data in tabular
format about OSA port usage, such as the port type, the state of the
hardware, the configuration speed, and the number of total packets.
This data applies to a channel selected from the OSA Channels workspace.
OSA-Express Ports Summary Table
The OSA-Express Ports Summary Table provides extensive data on
OSA port usage, such as the port type, the state of the hardware,
the configuration speed, and the number of total packets. This data
applies to a channel selected from the OSA Channels workspace.
The following workspaces can be accessed by right-clicking
the Link icon in the OSA Express™ Ports
Summary Table
- Gateways and Devices Workspace (default):
Displays gateway and device information for the selected OSA port,
as filtered by the Interface Index attribute.
- OSA Port Interfaces Workspace:
Displays interface information for the selected OSA port, as filtered
by the Interface Index attribute.
For a complete list of the attributes available in the OSA-Express
Ports Summary Table, and a brief description of each, see the OSA Express Ports Attributes help panel.
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