User's Manual

Working with Running Sessions
Session Management 9-35
Displaying Link Status
To display link status, perform the following steps:
1. Open a session (or link edit); see the “Opening the Session Editor” section on page 9-8.
2. In the session editor, select a resource and click the Link Editor tab.
3. Click the Properties tab (view) and select the link.
4. Click the Realization tab.
The Realization path properties identify both end points of the underlying connectivity; see Figure 9-33.
Figure 9-33 Realization Path Properties
You can also look at the underlying Layer 1 or Layer 2 port-level status by selecting a realization path in
link realization tab and right-click Show Status Details. Or, you can bring up a port-level diagnostic tool.
To do so, perform the following steps:
1. Open the Resource Instance view and navigate to the Layer 1 or Layer3 matrix switch type resource.
2. Select the resource, right-click Show Resource Status or press F2.
A list of all ports displays with the latest status, message, and timestamp. Figure 9-34 displays the
resource status example using the right-click (Show Resource Status) option.
Figure 9-34 Resource Status Using the Right-Click (Show Resource Status) Option
Figure 9-35 displays the resource status example using the F2 key.