OSA Ports Workspace

The OSA Ports workspace provides data on OSA port usage.

To display the OSA Ports workspace, do the following:

  1. Click the OSA navigator item for a specific TCP/IP stack to display the OSA Channels workspace.
  2. If the value for the OSA channel Subtype attribute in the Port Summary for Channel abc Table is gigabitEthernet, fastEthernet or oneThousandBaseTEthernet, right-click the Link icon by this table row.
  3. A conditional link is displayed in the list of available links. Select OSA Ports to navigate you to the OSA Ports workspace.

Summary information is provided in the Port Summary for Channel abc Table located at the bottom of the workspace.

The OSA Ports workspace displays the following views:

Port Summary for Channel abc Table

The Port Summary for Channel abc summary table provides extensive data on OSA port usage, such as the port type, the state of the hardware, the configuration speed, and the number of total packets. This data applies to a channel selected from the OSA Channels workspace.

For a complete list of the attributes available in the Port Summary for Channel abc summary table, and a brief description of each, see the OSA Express Ports Attributes help panel.

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