Interface Status workspace

The Interfaces Status workspace displays status information for all interfaces defined to a z/OS v1.12 or later system.

This workspace can be displayed by right-clicking on Interfaces Navigator item and selecting Interface Status from the list of available workspaces.

Notes:

  1. This workspace returns data only on systems running on z/OS v1.12 or later.
  2. This workspace displays information about strategic interfaces, defined as Loopback, OSA-Express Queued Direct I/O (QDIO) Ethernet, static DVIPA, HiperSockets, and Multipath Channel Point-To-Point (MPCPTP). For non-strategic interfaces (any of the 244 enumerated types defined in RFC 2863), only the following attributes return data:
  3. If all of the TCP/IP stacks you are monitoring are running on z/OS v1.12, consider making this workspace your default workspace from the Interfaces Navigator item. Refer to the section "Upgrade issues related to z/OS v1.12" in the upgrade chapter of the IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Mainframe Networks: Planning and Configuration Guide for information about how to make the Interface Status workspace and its associated workspaces the default from the Navigation tree.

All other attributes return an integer value of zero (0), which may be displayed in the workspace as No.

The Interface Status workspace provides the following views:

interface_name Interface Address Summary table

The interface_name Interface Address Summary table displays addressing information about a single interface.

For a complete list of the attributes available in the Interface Address Summary table, and a brief description of each, see the KN3 Interface Address Attributes.

Interface Status Summary table

The Interface Status Summary table contains one row for each interface defined to the selected TCP/IP stack. The Interface Status attributes display configuration and status information for each interface. Right-click on a link icon in the Interface Status Summary table to access the following workspaces:

For a complete list of the attributes available in the Interface Address Summary table, and a brief description of each, see the KN3 Interface Status Attributes help panel.

See also: