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cfhPlaneOperStatus
Cisco Enhanced Benes Fabric Plane Operation Status
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.257.1.2.1.1.3
This object indicates the current fabric plane operational status. up - The plane is fully 'up' (i.e., the plane can pass both unicast and multicast traffic). down - The plane is fully 'down' (i.e., th plane can't pass both unicast and multicast traffic). mcastDown - The multicast state of the plane is 'down' (i.e., unicast traffic can pass though the plane but multicast traffic can't). oos - The plane is out of service (i.e., online diag detects the fabric transport media has problem in the plane).
Back to CISCO-FABRIC-HFR-MIB MIB page.
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