Enterasys 6000 User Guide
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FRX/FRM 3. 3 User G uide, Rev 04
Monitoring a Line
The line monitor displays the control data and information data of traffic passing
through a port.
through a port.
Running the line monitor on a frame relay port will degrade per-
formance on the port.
formance on the port.
Press
[E]
at the Status Displays Menu and, when prompted, enter:
●
LP
:
0
on FRX4000 or FRM,
0–7
on FRX6000.
●
Port
:
0–63
, or
65
to monitor LLC2 sessions.
While remotely controlling a node, you cannot monitor the line to which
you are connected.
you are connected.
A message like the following will appear:
Display Selection is: mode: Hexadecimal
LCN: All
for LP: 2 Port: 2
Level: 3,
Data length: 25
Selected Packets are: QData Call Clear Restart Reset Int Diag Unk only
Options are F,H,L,M,S,D,Q,C,R,T,A,2,3,E and F3 to exit
Press F to start
Options are F,H,L,M,S,D,Q,C,R,T,A,2,3,E and F3 to exit
Press F to start
The
Options
act as follows:
E
Allows specification of the length of frame relay data to display.
F
Stops the display from scrolling, or restarts if stopped.
H
Toggles the data format between ASCII and hexadecimal.
L
Monitors a specific LCN or DLCI. If packets are being exchanged, the
display will scroll them. To return to monitoring all LCNs/DLCIs, select
display will scroll them. To return to monitoring all LCNs/DLCIs, select
L
and enter
0
when prompted for an LCN/DLCI.
M
Monitors a different line; when prompted, enter the LP and port numbers.
S
Updates and redisplays the "
Display Selection is
:....." message (shown above).
A
Enables/disables display of all/no packets.
C
Enables/disables display of Call Request/Clear packets.
D
Enables/disables display of Data packets on an X.25 port, or non-LMI DLCI
information on a frame relay port. On a frame relay port, the C/R, FECN,
BECN, and DE bits will be displayed separately, then the remainder of each
frame will be displayed as data.
information on a frame relay port. On a frame relay port, the C/R, FECN,
BECN, and DE bits will be displayed separately, then the remainder of each
frame will be displayed as data.
Q
Enables/disables display of QData packets.
R
Enables/disables display of Restart/Reset packets on an X.25 port, or LMI
DLCI information on a frame relay port. (Only the sequence numbers will be
displayed for Link Integrity Verification messages on a frame relay port.)
DLCI information on a frame relay port. (Only the sequence numbers will be
displayed for Link Integrity Verification messages on a frame relay port.)
T
Enables/disables timestamps and lengths of packets.
2
Enables display of all LAPB level 2 frames (if appropriate to the port).
3
Changes LAPB display (see 2 above) back to level 3.