Brocade Mobility RFS Controller System Reference Guide (Supporting software release 5.5.0.0 and later) - Manual (Page 795)

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The Security tab provides the following information:
Link Metric This value shows the computed path metric from the device to the neighbor Mesh Point
using this interface. The lower the number the better the possibility that the neighbor
will be chosen as the path to the Root Mesh Point.
Root Metric The computed path metric between the neighbor and their Root Mesh Point.
Rank The rank is the level of importance and is used for automatic resource management.
8 – The current next hop to the recommended root.
7 – Any secondary next hop to the recommended root to has a good potential route
metric.
6 – A next hop to an alternate root node.
5 – A downstream node currently hopping through to get to the root.
4 – A downstream node that could hop through to get to the root, but is currently not
hopping through any node. (Look at authentication, as this might be an issue)
3 – A downstream node that is currently hopping through a different node to get to the
root, but could potentially have a better route metric if it hopped through this node.
2 – Reserved for active peer to peer routes and is not currently used.
1 - A neighbor bound to the same recommended root but does not have a potential
route metric as good as the neighbors ranked 8 and 7.
0 – A neighbor bound to a different root node.
-1 – Not a member of the mesh as it has a different mesh ID.
All client devices hold a rank of 3 and can replace any mesh devices lower than that
rank.
Age Displays the number of miliseconds since the mesh point last heard from this neighbor.
Mesh Point Name Displays the name of each configured Mesh Point in the RF Domain.
MP ID The MP identifier is used to distinguish between other Mesh Points both on the same
device and on other devices. This is used by a user to setup the preferred root
configuration.
IF ID The Interface ID (IFID) uniquely identifies an interface associated with the MPID. Each
Mesh Point on a device can be associated with one or more interfaces.
Radio Interface This indicates the interface that is used by the device to communicate with this
neighbor. The values are 2.4 and 5.8, indicating the frequency of the radio that is used
to communicate with the neighbor.
Link State Displays the Link State for each Mesh Point:
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Init indicates the link has not been established or has expired.
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Enabled indicates the link is available for communication.
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Failed indicates the attempt to establish the link failed and cannot be retried yet.
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In Progress indicates the link is being established but is not yet available.
Link Timeout Displays the maximum value in seconds that the link is allowed to stay in the In
Progress state before timing out.
Keep Alive Yes indicates that the local MP will act as a supplicant to authenticate the link and not
let it expire (if possible). The " No indicates that the local MP does not need the link and
will let it expire if not maintained by the remote MP.