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State Current state of the network interface.
Testing
Indicates that the interface is undergoing a self-test. Occurs when
the router is first started, when a problem is detected on the
interface, or when the test command is used.
When an interface is operational, the interface periodically sends
out maintenance packets and/or checks the physical state of the
port or line to ensure that the interface is still functioning correctly. If
the maintenance fails, the interface is declared down and a self-test
is scheduled to run in 5 seconds. If a self-test fails, the interface
transitions to the down state and the interval until the next self-test
is increased up to a maximum of 2 minutes. If the self-test is
successful, the network is declared up.
Up Indicates the interface is operational.
Down Indicates that the interface is not operational and has failed a
self-test. The network will periodically transition to the testing state
to determine if the interface can become operational again.
Disabled
Indicates that the interface is disabled. An interface can be disabled
by the following methods:
v An interface can be configured as disabled using the CONFIG
disable command. Each time the router is reinitialized, the
interface’s initial state will be disabled. It will remain in the
disabled state until an action is taken to enable it.
v An interface can be disabled using the GWCON disable
command. This method is temporary because the interface will
revert to its configured state (enabled or disabled) when the
router is reinitialized.
v The network manager can disable the interface through SNMP.
This method is temporary because the interface will revert to its
configured state (enabled or disabled) when the router is
reinitialized.
When an interface is disabled, it remains disabled until one of the
following methods is used to enable it:
v The GWCON test command is used to start a self-test of the
interface.
v The network manager initiates a self-test of the interface through
SNMP.
WAN Reroute also can change the state of a disabled interface. If
an interface is configured as an alternate interface for WAN Reroute
and its configured state is disabled, WAN Reroute will start a
self-test of the interface when the primary interface goes down.
When the primary interface is operational and stable again, WAN
Reroute puts the alternate interface back to its configured state.
Refer to The WAN Reroute Feature in
Using and Configuring
Features
for more information.
Available
Indicates that the interface has been configured as a secondary
WAN Restoral interface and it is available to back up the primary
interface.
GWCON Process
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