HP Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software - Manual (Page 56)

2. HDLM Functions
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The status indicating that an I/O could not be issued on a given path, because an
error occurred on the path.
The (E) means error.
•
Offline(P)
This status occurs in a cluster configuration only.
The
Offline(P)
status indicates that the user has requested an offline operation
on an
Offline(E)
path that is connected to an LU that is currently performing
reserve processing. After the reserve processing finishes, the offline operation
request will be performed and the path status will become
Offline(C)
.
The (P) means pending, which indicates that the operation to take the path offline
is in the waiting-to-execute status (i.e. a request has been made).
(3) Status Transitions of a Path
Figure 2-11: Path Status Transitions shows the status transitions of a path.
Figure 2-11: Path Status Transitions
Legend:
Online operation: Online operation performed in the Path Management window
or by executing the
dlnkmgr
command's
online
operation.