To view the operational status of MC ring group components

Steps
 
1 

Choose Manage→Redundancy→Node Redundancy from the NFM-P main menu. The Manage Node Redundancy form opens.


2 

Choose MC Ring Group (Multi-Chassis) from the drop-down menu and click Search. A list of MC ring groups is displayed.


3 

Select an MC ring group and click Properties. The MC Ring Group (Edit) form opens.


4 

Click Properties beside a site that hosts an MC ring. The MC Ring (Edit) form opens.


5 

Click on the State tab.


6 

View the dynamically updated Operational State indicator.

The Operational State is one of the following:

  • Unknown—cannot determine the operational state

  • Shut Down—MC ring administratively down

  • Config Error—MC ring misconfigured

  • No Peer—peer MC ring not configured

  • Connected—MC ring operational

  • Broken—RNCV check fails

  • Local Broken—MC ring site cannot connect to a ring node

  • Conflict—MC ring configuration conflicts with another configuration

  • Testing Ring—RNCV check in progress

  • Peer Down—peer MC ring site inoperable

  • Waiting For Peer—peer MC ring site initializing


7 

Click on the Components tab.


8 

Right-click on a ring node object and choose Properties. The MC Ring Node (Edit) form opens.


9 

Click on the State tab.


10 

View the dynamically updated information in the Local Operational State and Remote Operational State fields.

The Operational State is one of the following:

  • Unknown—cannot determine operational state

  • Not Provisioned—ring node configuration incomplete

  • Config Error—ring node misconfigured

  • Not Tested—no RNCV check result available

  • Testing—RNCV check in progress

  • Connected—ring node operational

  • Disconnected—cannot reach ring node


11 

Close the MC Ring Node (Edit) form.


12 

Close the MC Ring (Edit) form.


13 

Close the MC Ring Group (Edit) form.

End of steps