HP StorageWorks 2.64 Director Switch - Manual (Page 86)

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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 Indicators
Port State Green Amber Alert
indicator *
Description
Beaconing Off or On Blink 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 Port Card view, Port List
view, or Performance view.
Inactive Off Off Yellow
Triangle
The switch port is inactive. 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 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 the port. The status
symbol displays in the Port List view, Port Card
view, and Hardware view.
Link Reset Off Off Yellow
Triangle
The director 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 director
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.
Not
Operational
Off Off Yellow
Triangle
The director port is receiving the Fibre Channel
not operational sequence (NOS), indicating that
the attached device is not operational.
Online On Off None The attached device has successfully connected
to the director and is ready to communicate or is
in the process of communicating with other
attached devices. As long as the port remains
online, the green port LED remains illuminated.
Note that on the actual port in the unit, the green
LED blinks when there is active Fibre Channel
traffic through the port.