HP Surestore 64 Director Switch - Manual (Page 114)

98 Port Operational States
Port Operational States
Table 3 describes the port operational states and the LED and attention indicators that
display in the Hardware View and Port List View. Note that the alert indicator displays on
the port Hardware View. It indicates that a corrective action is required to return the port
to a normal operating state.
Table 3 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.
Invalid
Attachment On Off Yellow
Triangle The reasons for this state appear in the
Reason field of the Port Properties dialog
box.
Link Incident Off Off Yellow
Triangle A link incident occurred on the port. The
alert 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.