You can view the vif status information table for additional information about each field in the console output.
The following table describes the information shown in each field and subfield, and shows its value, if any, for the example shown in the vif status display.
| Field name | Subfield name | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| default | Indicates the default values for fields such as transmit, VIF Type, and fail. These values apply if no values are specified for these fields when a vif is created. | ||
| transmit | Indicates the default load-balancing method. | IP Load balancing | |
| VIF Type | Indicates the default vif type | multi_mode | |
| fail | Indicates the default location where the errors will be logged. | log (that is, system log) | |
| vif1 | Indicates that the data following this field pertains to the vif vif1. | ||
| transmit | Indicates the load- balancing method used. | none (load-balancing methods are used for multimode vifs only) | |
| VIF type | Indicates the type of vif1. | single_mode | |
| fail | Indicates the location where errors will be logged for vif1. | default (system log) | |
| VIF Status | Indicates the current status of vif1. | Up | |
| Addr_set | Indicates that a MAC address has been configured for vif1 and all of its interfaces. | ||
| up | Indicates that the interface following this sub-field is up. In this example, because vif1 is a single-mode vif, e10 is up while e5 is down. | ||
| state | Indicates the current link-state of the interface. | ||
| since | Indicates the date, time, and number of hours since the interface has been up. | 05Oct2007 17:17:15 (05:23:05) | |
| flags | Indicates that the interface is enabled to send and receive data (enabled) | enabled | |
| consecutive | Indicates the number of consecutively received Up or Broken indications from the switch and link interaction. | 3 | |
| transitions | Indicates the number of indications received that caused a state transition from Up to Broken or Down to Up. | 1 | |
| down | Indicates that the interface following this sub-field is down. In this example, e5 is the standby interface for the single-mode vif, vif1. |
For more information about the vif status command, see the na_vif(1) man page.