Ethernet Links Test

If a user complaints that he/she is unable to connect to the server over the network, administrators will want to know whether any Ethernet link to the server is down presently. This can be determined using the Ethernet Links test. This test reports the state of every Ethernet link and notifies administrators if a link goes down.

Target of the test : A Solaris virtual server

Agent deploying the test : An internal agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for each Ethernet link.

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameter Description

Test period

How often should the test be executed

Host

The host for which the test is to be configured.

Port

The port number at which the specified host listens. By default, the port is NULL.

Connect Using

By default, this parameter is set to sudo. This indicates that, by default, this test uses the sudo command to connect to the Solaris virtual server and pull out metrics. If you want the test to use the pfexec command instead, select the pfexec option from the Connect Using drop-down.

Detailed Diagnosis

To make diagnosis more efficient and accurate, the eG Enterprise embeds an optional detailed diagnostic capability. With this capability, the eG agents can be configured to run detailed, more elaborate tests as and when specific problems are detected. To enable the detailed diagnosis capability of this test for a particular server, choose the On option. To disable the capability, click on the Off option.

The option to selectively enable/disable the detailed diagnosis capability will be available only if the following conditions are fulfilled:

  • The eG manager license should allow the detailed diagnosis capability
  • Both the normal and abnormal frequencies configured for the detailed diagnosis measures should not be 0.
Measurements made by the test
Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation

Link status

Indicates the current status of this link.

 

The values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric values are listed in the table below:

Measure Value Numeric Value
Up 0
Down 1
Unknown 2

Note:

By default, this measure reports the Measure Values in the table above to indicate link status. In the graph of this measure however, the same is represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents only.

The detailed diagnosis of this test reveals the speed and duplex state of a link.