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Converteon Management Software User’s Guide
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Displaying the Inter-process Communication Monitor
The management card has an inter-process communication (IPC) monitor
that you can use as a diagnostic tool to view the communications between
the management card and the line cards across the backplane in the
chassis.
Menus To view the IPC monitor from the menus:
1. From the Main Menu, select Diagnostics.
2. From the Diagnostics menu, select Real-Time IPC Message
Analyzer. Figure 18 is an example of an entry.
Figure 57. Real-time IPC Message
The columns of information are described in Table 18
> RX_POLL_CM3XXX_RP [02->04] L_1352 LI(0.500s) CI(0.500s) CY(00.879s) LC(0.769s) IPC(0.449s) NMSG(00) NBUF(010)
Table 18. IPC Message
Column Description
> RX or
< TX The column indicates the direction and purpose of the
transaction, and the media converter series of the
affected line card. The possible symbols are:
> RX The management card received a packet from the
line card.
< TX The management card transmitted a packet to the
line card.
-> or
<- This column displays the slot numbers of the
management card and the affected line card, and the
direction of the communication. The first number is the
slot number of the management card. The possible
symbols are:
-> The transmission was from the management card to
the line card.
<- The transmission was from the line card to the
management card.
L This column displays the length of the packet in bytes.