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Viewing and configuring ports, Figure 49 port properties dialog box, Table 20 port properties dialog box fields – HP 8.20q Fibre Channel Switch User Manual

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Viewing and configuring ports

Port color and text provide information about the port and its operational state. To display number and

status information for a port, position the cursor over a port on the faceplate display. The status information

changes depending on the View menu option selected. Green ports indicate active; gray ports indicate

inactive. Context-sensitive popup menus are displayed when you right-click a port icon in the faceplate

display. Use the drop-down lists in the Port Properties dialog box to change the following parameters:

Port Symbolic Name

Port States

Port Types

Port Speeds

Port Transceiver Media Status

I/O Stream Guard

Device Scan

The port settings or characteristics are configured using the Port Properties dialog box (

Figure 49

). To open

the Port Properties dialog box, select one or more ports, open the Port menu, and then select Port

Properties.

Figure 49

Port Properties dialog box

Use the Select to Propagate Changes to Entire Column options to propagate the same change to all

selected ports. Select these options before making a change to a port.
The Port Properties dialog box fields are described in

Table 20

.

TotalTXErrors

Total number of errors transmitted by the port.

TotalRXErrors

Total number of errors received by the port.

Total Offline Sequences

Total number of offline sequences transmitted and received

by the port.

Table 19

Port Statistics data window fields

Field

Description

Table 20

Port Properties dialog box fields

State

Description

Port

The current port name

Symbolic Name

User-defined name for a port.

Operational State

The port state that is currently active. This value may be

different from the administrative port state, for example, due

to an error condition.