NS3000/iX Operations and Maintenance Reference Manual (36922-90042)

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Getting Information About the Network
Displaying Status Information
Displaying Status Information
Using the various commands and utilities available to you, you can
obtain status displays on nearly every aspect of NS 3000/iX. Status
displays can help you identify the entities of your network that are
currently active or in use. They can also help you diagnose deficiencies
in the configured resources that are required for network traffic, such
as transmission buffers.
The LINKCONTROL STATUS, NETCONTROL STATUS, and NSCONTROL
STATUS commands allow you to display status information about the
link, network transport, and services, respectively. The STATUS tool
available as part of NETTOOL allows you to display status of the network
interfaces and their associated links.
Display Link Status
You can display various levels of status information for a link on the
local node using the LINKCONTROL STATUS command.
To display all available status information about a link on the local
node called SYSLINK, enter the following command:
LINKCONTROL SYSLINK;STATUS=All
See Chapter 7 , “Commands,” for more information on using
LINKCONTROL. See Appendix A , “LINKCONTROL Command,” for
information on the LINKCONTROL status displays.
You can also use NETTOOL STATUS to display link status. See Chapter 6 ,
“Using NETTOOL,” for information on running NETTOOL STATUS.
Display Network Transport Status
You can display network transport status for a specific network
interface or protocol configured on the local node using the NETCONTROL
STATUS command. You can also use this command to display only
general transport information. In all cases, if the entity is not active,
NS 3000/iX will display a warning message telling you that the entity is
inactive.
Display General Transport Status
To display the status of the general transport, enter the following
command at the MPE prompt:
NETCONTROL STATUS