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Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide
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Chapter 8 Working with Linksets
Viewing Detailed Information for a Linkset
Type Type of link. Possible link types are:
• HSL—The link uses the SS7-over-ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode)
high-speed protocol.
• SCTPIP—The link uses the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)
IP transport protocol.
• Serial—The link uses the serial SS7 signaling protocol.
• Virtual—The link is a virtual link, which connects signaling point instances
running on the same device. SGM does not poll virtual links, nor does it
display real-time data or accounting statistics for virtual links.
Congestion Level Indicates whether there is congestion on the link. A link is congested if it has too
many packets waiting to be sent. This condition could be caused by the failure of
an element in your network.
Possible values for the Congestion Level field are None, indicating no
congestion, and 1 to 7, indicating levels of congestion from very light (1) to very
heavy (7).
Ignored Indicates whether the link is to be included when aggregating and displaying
SGM status information:
• Clear the checkbox to include the link. This is the default setting.
• Select the checkbox to exclude the link.
This field can be edited by users with authentication level Power User (Level 2)
and higher.
Notes Indicates whether there is a note associated with the link.
Events Indicates whether there is a recent event associated with the link. (Even if the
server purges all of the events associated with the link, SGM continues to display
the event icon in this field.)
• To delete the event icon (orange triangle) from SGM displays for a specific
link, select the link and click the icon.
• To delete the event icon from SGM displays for all links, select Edit > Clear
All Events from the SGM Main Menu.
Note During Discovery, SGM might flag most links with an event icon. If the
event icons are too distracting, use the Edit > Clear All Events menu
option to remove them.
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