Interface Status

Monitored interfaces can have the following status:

• Unknown—Initial status. This status can also mean the status cannot be determined.

• Normal—The interface is receiving traffic.

• Normal (Waiting)—The interface is up, but has not yet received a hello packet from the corresponding interface on the peer unit.

• Normal (Not-Monitored)—The interface is up, but is not monitored by the failover process.

• Testing—Hello messages are not heard on the interface for five poll times.

• Link Down—The interface or VLAN is administratively down.

• Link Down (Waiting)—The interface or VLAN is administratively down and has not yet received a hello packet from the corresponding interface on the peer unit.

• Link Down (Not-Monitored)—The interface or VLAN is administratively down, but is not monitored by the failover process.

• No Link—The physical link for the interface is down.

• No Link (Waiting)—The physical link for the interface is down and has not yet received a hello packet from the corresponding interface on the peer unit.

• No Link (Not-Monitored)—The physical link for the interface is down, but is not monitored by the failover process.

• Failed—No traffic is received on the interface, yet traffic is heard on the peer interface.