Sun Microsystems 5802 User Manual

Chapter 6

Managing Ports

Changing Port Administrative States

The port administrative state determines the operational state of a port. The port 
administrative state exists in two forms: the configured administrative state and the 
current administrative state.

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Configured administrative state — the state that is saved in the switch 
configuration and is preserved across switch resets. 
Enterprise Fabric Suite 2007 always makes changes to the configured 
administrative state.

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Current administrative state — the state that is applied to the port for 
temporary purposes and is not preserved across switch resets. The current 
administrative state is set using the Set Port command. Refer to the Sun Storage 
Fibre Channel Switch 5802 Command Line Interface Guide for more information.

 describes the port administrative states. To change port administrative 

state, do the following:

1. Select one or more ports in the faceplate display.

2.  Open the Port menu and select Port Properties to open the Port Properties dialog.

3.  Select the Port States option that corresponds to the port state you want.

4.  Click the OK button to write the new port state to the switch.

Changing Port Speeds

SFP ports are capable of transmitting and receiving at 1-Gbit/sec, 2-Gbit/sec, 4-
Gbit/sec, or 8-Gbit/sec. XPAK ports are capable of transmitting and receiving at 10-
Gbit/sec or 20-Gbit/sec. All ports can be configured for either a fixed transmission 
speed or to sense (auto-detect) the transmission speed of the device to which it is 
connected.

Port Administrative States

Online

Activates and prepares port to send data.

Offline

Prevents port from receiving signal and accepting a device login.

Diagnostics

Prepares port for testing and prevents the port from accepting a device 
login.

Downed

Disables the port.