User`s guide

Monitoring Devices
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7800-A2-GB26-80
May 1999
Obtaining Device Interface Status through Color
The DCE Manager Device Display dialog presents a visual view of the rear of a
device. The color of each interface on the device shows the last known
operational and administrative state of each interface. Table 5-2 lists and
describes the use of each color.
Table 5-2. DCE Manager Device Interface Status Colors
Color
State
Off-white Unmanaged: The user has put the interface in an unmanaged state
(using the Device Display menu selection
Administer → Unmanage ) .
Interfaces will also be in the unmanaged state if the user has placed the
entire device in an unmanaged state (using the OpenView
Map → Unmanage Objects menu item).
Unmanaged takes precedence over all other states.
Blue Unknown: The status of the interface is unknown.
Unknown takes precedence over Administratively Down, In Test, Down,
and Up states.
Dark Brown Administratively Down: The interface is in the administratively down
state.
Administratively Down takes precedence over In Test, Down, and Up
states.
(The color used for this state may make an interface appear black on
some workstations.)
Salmon In Test: The interface is in test mode.
In Test takes precedence over Down and Up.
Red Down: The interface is not operating or performance is severely
degraded.
Down takes precedence over Up.
Green Up: The interface is functioning properly.
You can change these colors as described in the HP OpenView User’s Guide or
by modifying the colors listed in the /opt/OV/att/attGEM/GEMDD.res file (or
the /opt/OV/att/attGEM/GEMDD.res file on AIX systems).
The DCE Manager checks the state of an interface every one (1) minute by
default. You can change this interval as described in Polling Devices in
Chapter 3, Administering Devices .