Motorola Series Switch WS5100 - Manual (Page 266)

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b. Refer to the Status field for the current state of the requests made from applet. This field displays
error messages if something goes wrong in the transaction between the applet and the switch.
c. Click OK to use the changes to the running configuration and close the dialog.
d. Click Cancel to close the dialog without committing updates to the running configuration.
6.7.3 Viewing SA Statistics
A security association (SA) is a description of how two peers employ a security technique to interoperate
securely. IKE requires SAs to identify connection attributes. IKE can negotiate and establish its own SA. An
IKE SA is used by IKE only, and is bi-directional.
To view SA statistics:
1. Select Security > IKE Settings from the main menu tree.
2. Click the SA Statistics tab.
3. Refer to the information displayed within SA Statistics tab to discern the following:
Index Displays the alpha-numeric name (index) used to identify individual SAs.
Phase 1 done Displays whether this index is completed with the phase 1 (authentication) credential
exchange between peers
Created Date Displays the exact date the SA was configured for each index displayed.
Local Identity Specifies the address the local IKE peer use to identify itself to the remote peer.
Remote Identity Specifies the address the remote IKE peer use to identify itself to a local peer.
Number of
Negotiations During IKE negotiations the peers must identify themselves to each other. This value is
helpful in determining the network address information used to validate peers.
Number of Bytes Displays the number of bytes passed between the peers for the specified index.