HP StorageWorks 2.64 Director Switch User Manual
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• Blocked—Devices communicating with the port are prevented from logging into the director
or communicating with other devices attached to director ports. A blocked port continuously
transmits OLS.
• Unblocked—Devices communicating with the port can log into the director and
communicate with devices attached to any other unblocked port in the same zone.
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State—The following port operational states may display in this table. For more information on
these states and corresponding status symbol and LED indicator operations in the Hardware
view, see ”
• No Light
• Online
• Offline
• Beaconing
• Link Reset
• Not Operational
• Invalid Attachment
• Port Failure
• Segmented E_Port
• Link Incident
• Testing
• Inactive
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Type—The type of port.
• It is an F_Port if an N_Port is attached.
• It is an E_Port if another E_Port is attached.
• It is a G_Port if the port is capable of acting as either an F_Port or an E_Port, but nothing is
currently attached.
•
Operating Speed—Displays the port speed, which may be:
•
1 Gig
if port is configured to 1 Gig
•
2 Gig
if port is configured to 2 Gig
•
Not Established
if port is configured to Negotiate and no device is connected to the
port
•
Alert—Displays a yellow triangle if any alert occurs or if the port’s LED is beaconing. Blinking
red and yellow diamonds display for port failures or for ports requiring service. Click the row to
display the reason for the alert in the Port Properties dialog box.
Double-click a row to display the Port Properties dialog box. For an explanation of the fields on the
Port Properties dialog box, see ”