HP StorageWorks 2.12 Edge Switch - Manual (Page 93)

Monitoring and Managing the Switch
93 Edge Switch Element Manager User Guide
Port Operational States
Table 4 describes the port operational states and the LED and attention indicators
that display in the Hardware View and Port List View.
Table 4: Port States and Indicators
Port State
Green/Blue
Port
Indicator
Amber
Port
Indicator
Alert
Indicator Description
Beaconing Off or On Blinking 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.
Inactive Off Off Yellow
Triangle
The switch port is in an inactive state.
Reasons for this state display 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
On Off Yellow
Triangle
The switch port is in an invalid
attachment state. Reasons for this state
display 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.
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.
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.