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Cisco Media Gateway Manager 5.0 User Guide
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Chapter 7 Provisioning Connections
Where Do I Find Information About Connections?
7.3.4 Editing the Filter Settings
In the Configuration Center, the filtering scheme defines the types of connections displayed in the
Connection Browser window. By default, all connections for the selected device are displayed.
To edit the filter settings:
Step 1 In the Configuration Center, click the Connections tab to display the Connections Hierarchy pane. Select
the NE, and double-click, or drag and drop the NE into the right-hand pane to display the New
Connection details.
Step 2 Move the objects, for example, node, card, line, or port from the Hierarchy pane on the Connection tab
to the Local End ID or Remote End ID field.
Note The Local End ID field must be completed in order to retrieve connection information.
Step 3 Click the Connection List tab to display the Connection List details.
Step 4 Click More Filters to display the Filter Settings window. See Figure 7-2.
Step 5 Check or uncheck the check boxes to configure the settings for a specific filter category.
Note By default, all the filter settings are checked.
Step 6 To retrieve connections that have the same connection descriptor, enter the description in the
Connection Descriptor field.
Table 7-3 defines the areas for the filter settings.
Table 7-3 Configuration Center—Filter Setting Definitions
Name Definition
Enabling Filter Categories Enables or disables the filters based on one of the five categories.
Connection Descriptor Enables filtering on the Connection Descriptor text string.
Feeder Connections Defines whether local and feeder connections are displayed in addition
to the connections that terminate at the selected node. Also, remote
feeders can filter down to the port level for the remote endpoint.
Type Defines one or more of the eighteen basic connection types.
Service Type Defines the connection service types:
• VISM - RPM—vbr3-nrt, rt-vbr3(RPM-XF only), ubr1
• VXSM - RPM—vbr3-nrt, rt-vbr3(RPM-XF only), ubr1
• VISM - ATM—cbr1, vbr1-rt, vbr3-rt, vbr1-nrt, vbr3-nrt, ubr1
• VXSM - ATM—cbr1, vbr1-rt, vbr3-rt, vbr1-nrt, vbr3-nrt, ubr1
Status Specifies the connection status, for example, OK, Down, Failed,
Incomplete, Pending, or Error.
Multicast This option is not used in Cisco MGM.
End to End Type Defines the type of end to end statistics collection as SPVC,