The Cluster Monitor Network tab displays the following information for MSCS clusters:
Status. Displays the network status. Network statuses include Critical, Major, Minor, Normal, Disabled, and Unknown. Refer to System Table View Page - System Status Types for more information on network status types.
Name. Server cluster object that carries internal communication between nodes and provides client access to cluster resources.
Mask. The subnet mask associated with the network within the cluster.
State. The state of the network: Normal (the network state is online or available), Degraded (the network is partitioned), Failed (the network state is offline), and Other (the network state indicates that an error has occurred and the exact state of the network could not be determined or the network state is unavailable).
Role. Role the network name plays in the cluster: network name for the cluster, network name for computer systems in the cluster, or network name for groups in the cluster.
Description. Description of the network
You can sort the information located on the Network tab by clicking a column heading. This sorts the information by that column in ascending or descending order.
The Problem Info section displays detailed information on any network status other than Normal.