HP StorageWorks 2.64 Director Switch User Manual
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Monitoring and managing the director
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• Through the Configure Ports dialog box.
• Through the Block All Ports or Block Port option on right-click menus in the Port Card view.
• Right-clicking on the port in the Hardware view, the Port List view, or the Performance view
and choosing Block Port from the menu.
• Through the Product Port menu in the Hardware view, the Port List view, or the Performance
view.
See ”
” on page 63 for details.
•
10-100 km Configuration—Extended distance buffering. This can be enabled or disabled for
the port through the Configure Ports dialog box. See ”
” on page 97 for
instructions.
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LIN Alerts Configuration—This field indicates whether LIN alerts are enabled or disabled. LIN
alerts can be configured through the Configure Ports dialog box. The default is for the LIN alerts
to be enabled.
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Beaconing—This field indicates the beaconing status for the port. To enable or disable
beaconing, right-click the port and select Enable Beaconing.
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Link Incident—Description of the last link incident that occurred on the port.
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Operational State—Beaconing, inactive, invalid attachment, link incident, link reset, no light,
not operational, online, offline, port failure, segmented E_Port, testing. See ”
” on page 86 for definitions of operational states.
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Reason—Lists the reason for a segmented E_Port, invalid attachment, or inactive operating state
for the port. When an E_Port is segmented, two fabrics are prevented from joining. An E_Port
segmentation only occurs when the director is connected to another director or a switch. This
field displays “NA” if a segmented E_Port or invalid attachment operating state has not
occurred.
Refer to the section on joining zoned fabrics in the HP StorageWorks SAN High Availability
Planning Manual.
The following messages display in the Reason field of the Port Properties dialog box if an
Invalid Attachment, Segmented E_Port, or Inactive state occurs for the port. Reason messages
for segmentation can include:
•
Incompatible operating parameters
—Operating parameters, such as resource
allocation time-out values (R_A_TOV) or error-detect time-out values (E_D_TOV), are
inconsistent on connected switches. See ”
more information.
•
Duplicate domain IDs
—Identical preferred domain IDs are configured for two or more
directors or switches. See ”
” on page 95 for more
information.
•
Incompatible zoning configurations
—Refer to the HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric
SAN High Availability Planning Guide for information on joining zoned fabrics.
•
Build fabric protocol error
.
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No principal switch
—A principle switch is not defined for the fabric.
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No response from the attached switch.