McDATA 4500 Manual De Usuario
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Monitoring and Managing the Switch
Port Operational States
describes the port operational states and the LED and
attention indicators that display in the Hardware View and Port List
View.
View.
Table 2-1
Port States and Indicators
Port Indicators
Port State
Green/Blue
Amber
Alert Indicator
Description
Beaconing
Off or On
Blink
Yellow Triangle
The port is beaconing. The amber port LED blinks once
every two seconds to enable users to find a specific
port. Enable beaconing through the port’s menu on the
Hardware View, Port List View, or Performance View.
every two seconds to enable users to find a specific
port. Enable beaconing through the port’s menu on the
Hardware View, Port List View, or Performance View.
Inactive
Off
Off
Yellow Triangle
The switch port is in an inactive state. Reasons for this
state appear in the Reason field of the Port Properties
dialog box.
Note that if port optics have also failed, the amber LED
will be on.
state appear in the Reason field of the Port Properties
dialog box.
Note that if port optics have also failed, the amber LED
will be on.
Invalid
Attachment
Attachment
On
Off
Yellow Triangle
The switch port is in an invalid attachment state.
Reasons for this state appear in the Reason field of the
Port Properties dialog box.
Reasons for this state appear in the Reason field of the
Port Properties dialog box.
Link Incident
Off
Off
Yellow Triangle
A link incident occurred on one of the ports and displays
in the Port List View with a corresponding indicator
displaying for the card in the Hardware View.
in the Port List View with a corresponding indicator
displaying for the card in the Hardware View.
Link Reset
Off
Off
Yellow Triangle
The switch and the attached device are performing a link
reset operation to recover the link connection. Ordinarily,
this is a transient state that should not persist.
reset operation to recover the link connection. Ordinarily,
this is a transient state that should not persist.
No Light
Off
Off
None
No signal (light) is being received on the switch port.
This is a normal condition when there is no cable
plugged into the port or when the power of the device
attached to the other end of the link is off.
This is a normal condition when there is no cable
plugged into the port or when the power of the device
attached to the other end of the link is off.
Not
Operational
Operational
Off
Off
Yellow Triangle
The switch port is receiving the Fibre Channel not
operational sequence (NOS) indicating that the attached
device is not operational.
operational sequence (NOS) indicating that the attached
device is not operational.