HP StorageWorks 2.64 Director Switch - Manual (Page 52)

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• Cooling fan modules.
• Director 2/64—Two modules are installed, slot positions 1 and 0 (left to right).
• Director 2/140—Three modules are installed, slot positions 2, 1, and 0 (left to right).
• Serial Crossbars (SBAR).
• Director 2/64—Two SBARs are installed, slot positions 1 (bottom) and 0 (top).
• Director 2/140—Two SBARs are installed, slot positions 0 (bottom) and 1 (top).
Monitoring director operation
You can monitor the operating status of the director using the Director Status table on the Hardware
view and the status bar at the bottom of the window.
Director Status table
The Status table at the top of the Hardware view displays the director’s operational status,
operational state, name, description, and location.
• Status—See” Port operational states ” on page 86 for the meaning of the text that displays in the
director Status table and the corresponding status symbols that display on the status bar.
• State—Displays one of the following:
• Offline—When the director is
Offline
, all ports are offline. The ports cannot accept a
login from an attached device or cannot connect to other directors. You can configure this
state through the Set Online State dialog box. See ” Set online state ” on page 142 for
instructions.
• Online—All unblocked ports are able to connect with devices. You can configure this state
through the Set Online State dialog box. See ” Set online state ” on page 142 for instructions.
Note that the director automatically goes online after a power-up, an initial machine load
(IML), or an initial program load (IPL).
• Coming online—This is a transitional state that occurs just before the director goes online.
This state normally only happens briefly, unless there is a problem reaching the online state.
• Going offline—This is a transitional state that occurs just before the director goes offline. This
state normally only happens briefly, unless there is a problem reaching the offline state.
• No Link Status—If the Ethernet network connection between the HAFM appliance and the
director is down, the Hardware view displays the front and rear of the unit without FRUs. The
Status table at the top of the Hardware view changes to display the status (No Link) and the
associated reason with a yellow background. The name, description, and location fields are
blank.
The Reason field on the director Status table displays one of the following reasons when there
are no links:
• Never Connected—A network connection was never established between the director and
the HAFM appliance if the CTP card fails. Check the IP addresses, the Ethernet local area
network (LAN) physical connection between the director and HAFM appliance, and other
network connection conditions.