OSA Port Interfaces workspace (deprecated)

The OSA Port Interfaces workspace provides information about OSA interfaces.

This workspace is displayed by right-clicking the Link icon in the OSA Ports, OSA-Express2 10 Gigabit Ports Summary, or OSA-Express3 Ports Summary workspace and selecting the Interface Metrics link.

Note: This workspace is deprecated. If the address space being monitored is running under z/OS v1.11 or earlier, the workspace will show data. For address spaces running under z/OS v1.12 or later, this workspace is not available.

The OSA Port Interfaces workspace provides the following views:

  • Packets Discarded: Displays the percentage of packets discarded by the named OSA interface, in a bar chart.
  • Packet Errors: Displays percentage of packets in error by the named OSA interface, in a bar chart.
  • Bandwidth Utilization: Displays the following percentages by the named OSA interface, in a bar chart where:
    • Yellow represents Transmit Bandwidth Utilization.
    • Blue represents Receive Bandwidth Utilization.
    • Pink represents Total Bandwidth Utilization.
  • Interfaces Summary table: Provides performance and identifying information for a specific interface.