MetaSwitch

The MetaSwitch object corresponds to a physical VP3000 chassis. There is one MetaSwitch object for each VP3000 chassis in your installation.

This object is pre-configured (configuration information is delivered with the VP3000), and you cannot create or delete it. It appears in the EMS Tree View only when the owning MetaSwitch Connection is active, because the EMS must be connected to the VP3000 in order to obtain information about it.

The object provides configuration parameters and status information about the VP3000 system as a whole.

Object-Specific Actions
Package diagnostics To gather diagnostic information from trace files, core files and configuration files into a single date and timestamped file, click on the 'Package diagnostics' pushbutton.

The Package diagnostics object-specific action is intended for use as advised by MetaSwitch Customer Support. (The file produced by performing this action may be required by MetaSwitch Customer Support to diagnose any problems with the operation of the VP3000.)

The information is collected in a single tar file in the CRAFT user's home directory, containing all the diagnostic information generated since the last time this function was used. The filename includes the date (year, month, day) and time (hour, minute, second) at which the diagnostics information was gathered, and is of the form msdiags_shelf_yyyymmdd_hhmmss.tar.gz, for example msdiags_A_20020117_132005.tar.gz.

When you are requested by MetaSwitch Customer Support to provide diagnostics information, you should include all such diagnostics files in the directory, and not just the most recent file.


Parameter

Access

Description
Primary shelf Read only Identifies which of the two shelves in the chassis is currently acting as the primary. Values:
  • Shelf A
  • Shelf B
Deactivation mode Change Specifies how child objects should be deactivated when deactivating this object. Values:
  • Normal (default)
    Shut down child objects normally before deactivating the object.
  • Quiesce
    Wait for existing child objects to become inactive before deactivating the object, but do not allow any new child objects to be activated.
  • Abort
    Deactivate the object and all its child objects immediately. (This may result in errors at remote systems.)
Min logging severity level for storage Change The minimum severity level that a log must have for that log to be stored. Range: 0 - 100.
Diagnostic file collection status Read only Indicates if a diagnostics collection action is in progress. Values:
  • Idle
  • Saving system snapshot
  • Packaging trace files
  • Packaging snapshot files
  • Packaging snapshot and config files
  • Packaging failed - insufficient disk space
  • Packaging failed - general error
Diagnostic file collection log correlator Read only Identifier of the log message for the last failure to package diagnostics files.
Activation mode Read only The mode in which the system is currently restarting, or in which it will attempt to restart next time the primary shelf fails. Values:
  • Start-of-day initialization
    Complete restart - no attempt to maintain system state. This mode is normally used only when starting the system for the first time.
  • Non-transparent failover
    Active calls will not be maintained across the restart, but state information will be preserved (for example, billing records for the failed calls will be completed correctly).
  • Transparent failover
    Complete fault-tolerant operation - active calls will be maintained.
Configuration loading progress Read only A progress indicator used during initialization, showing how much of the required configuration data has been loaded so far (as a percentage of the total).
Software reactivations Read only / Reset The number of times the software on the active shelf has failed since the system was first powered on, or since this field was reset. Each of these events results in a failover to the other shelf, or in a restart of the primary shelf if the other shelf cannot be activated.
Alarm state Read only The alarm state of the chassis. Values:
  • Clear
    The object does not currently require maintenance action.
  • Attention Required
    The object requires maintenance action.
Alarm log correlator Read only Identifier of the log message for the event that caused the last Attention Required alarm state for this object. This field is reset when the Attention Required alarm events field is reset to zero.
Attention Required alarm events Read only / Reset Number of times (since this field was reset) that this object's alarm state has gone to Attention Required.
Alarm state changed timestamp Read only Time at which the Alarm state last changed.
Alarm events reset timestamp Read only Time at which the Attention Required alarm events field was last reset to zero.
Requested status Read only Specifies whether an administrator has attempted to activate the MetaSwitch VP3000. Values:
  • Active
    The object has been activated.
  • Inactive
    The object has not been activated or has been deactivated.
Actual status Read only Specifies the current status of the MetaSwitch VP3000. Values:
  • Active
    The object is active.
  • Loading Config
    The object is loading its configuration data (at start of day or after a failover). When this has completed, activation will start if the Requested status field is Active.
  • Going Active
    Activation is in progress.
  • Going Inactive
    Deactivation is in progress.
  • Inactive
    The object is inactive.
  • Activation Failed
    The object is inactive because an activation attempt has failed.
  • Failed
    The object was active but has failed.
  • Quiescing
    The object is preparing for normal deactivation. It is operating normally but will not accept any new users.
  • Waiting For Parent
    The object cannot be used because its parent object is not yet active.
  • Parent Failed
    The object cannot be used because its parent object has failed.