snmptable XXX IF-MIB::ifTable | less
SNMP table: IF-MIB::ifTable
ifIndex ifDescr ifAdminStatus ifOperStatus
1 lo up up
2 eth0 up up
3 eth1 up up
4 eth2 up down
5 eth3 up down
24 ;vdsmdummy; down down
25 vnet0 up up
And indeed on the server:
ip link show eth2
4: eth2: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state
DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether
40:a8:f0:30:81:1a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
looks like eth2 is DOWN, as expected.
It's in state DOWN, but marked UP anyway.
A really DOWN interface is shown as (on another server, not an ovirt host):
4: eth2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether a0:d3:c1:fa:8c:8a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
That's it. I never ask it to be in such state.