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GX_Port

— Valid only on the Edge Switch 2/24; allows a port to

operate as either a Fabric Loop Port, Fabric Port, or an Expansion Port.
This displays if nothing is logged into the port and the port is configured
to be a GX_Port.

FX_Port

— Valid only on the Edge Switch 2/24; restricts a port to

operate as either a Fabric Loop Port or a Fabric Port.

Operating Speed — This field displays the current data speed for the port as

1 Gb/sec

,

2 Gb/sec

, or

Not Established

.

Not Established

displays if

Negotiate

is defined as the operating speed and the data speed

has not been resolved between the port and the attached device, or if the port
and device are not communicating. Note that

2 Gb/sec

and

Not

Established

can display only on machines that support 2 Gb/s speeds.

Fibre Channel Address — Fibre Channel Address identifier of the port. Not
displayed for some products.

Port WWN — The port’s 16-digit WWN.

Attached Port WWN — Fibre Channel WWN identifier of the device
attached to the port. (This field is not valid on the Edge Switch 2/24.

Block Configuration — Indicates whether the port is blocked or unblocked.

Beaconing — This field indicates the beaconing status for the port.

FAN Configuration — This field indicates the FAN status for the port. This
field is valid only on the Edge Switch 2/24.

Operational State — Inactive, invalid attachment, link incident, no light, not
operational, online, offline, port failure, segmented E_Port, testing, or not
installed.

Reason — When the port operating state is

Segmented

E_Port

,

Invalid Attachment

, or

Inactive

, this field displays the reason for

that state. When an E_Port is segmented, two fabrics are prevented from
joining. This only occurs when the switch is attempting to connect to another
switch. Reasons and probable causes are as follows:

— If Operational State is

Segmented E Port

:

— Segment Not Defined

— Incompatible Operating Parameters

— Duplicate Domain ID(s)

— Incompatible Zoning Configurations

— Build Fabric Protocol Error