iConverter User Manual

remote ports are connected to the Fiber and UTP ports of the local device. The remote partner is managed
by the local device via the 802.3ah OAM channel.
• Discovery State - Indicates the Discovery state (“Complete”, “In Process” or “Incomplete”) of the
remote ports. If “Complete” is displayed, Discovery has been completed. If “In Process”, Discovery
has been initiated but no response from the local device has yet been received by the remote partner. If
“Incomplete”, Discovery is in process, but is not yet completed.
• Multiplexer State - Indicates the Multiplexer state (“Discard”, “Forward” or “Unknown”) of the remote
ports. If “Forward” is displayed, the remote partner is forwarding non-OAMPDUs to the lower sublayer.
If “Discard”, the remote partner is discarding non-OAMPDUs network frames. If “Unknown”, the
Multiplexer state of the remote partner is indeterminate.
• Parser Action - Indicates the Parser Action state (“Discard”, “Forward” or “Loopback”) of the remote
ports. If “Forward” is displayed, the remote partner is forwarding non-OAMPDUs network frames to
the higher sublayer. If “Loopback” is displayed, the remote partner is looping back non-OAMPDUs
network frames. If “Discard” is displayed, the remote partner is discarding non-OAMPDUs network
frames.
• Critical Event - Indicates the Critical Event state (“Yes” or “No”) of the remote partner. If “Yes” is
displayed, the local device has detected a Critical Event. If “No”, the local device has not detected a
critical event.
• Link Fault - Indicates the remote partner has detected a fault in the receive direction (“Yes” or “No”). If
“Yes” is displayed, the receive link is down. If “No”, the receive link is up.
• OAM Mode - Indicates the OAM mode (“Active” or “Passive”) of the remote partner.
• Supports - Indicates the supported options (Variable Access “Var”, Link Event Notification “Events”,
Loopback “LB” or blank if no options are supported) of the remote partner.
• OUI - Indicates the three hex byte IEEE organizational specific identifier (or blank if unknown) of the
remote partner.
802.3ah parameters can be accessed by selecting options 5 from the Port configuration screen. The fiber
configuration screen is displayed.
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