Viewing system fibre channel ports, List pane – HP 3PAR Operating System Software User Manual
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Summary, Sessions, and Host tabs are displayed for iSCSI-configured ports. The information on
these tabs is identical to that displayed on corresponding tabs for iSCSI ports:
, and
Viewing System Fibre Channel Ports
To view system fibre channel port information:
1.
Access the Ports screen.
2.
In the Management Window, click the Fibre Channel tab.
The Fibre Channel tab is divided into a list pane and a detail pane. The list pane displays a summary
of all fibre channel ports in the system. The detail pane displays detailed information about a single
port selected from the list pane.
List Pane
The list pane can be filtered to display Fibre Channel Summary and Settings information.
When Summary is selected, the following information is displayed:
Description
Column
The port location in Node:Slot:Port format.
Position
World Wide Name of the connected device.
WWN
The state of the port. See
“System and Component Status Icons” (page 409)
State
Port firmware mode setting. Ports in Initiator mode are connected to drive cages and
ports in Target mode export to hosts. Suspended mode is for target ports that have not
yet been initialized by the system (rare). Peer mode is for Ethernet ports.
Mode
Type of connection (Private Loop, Public Loop, or Point-Point).
Topology
Rate that data can be transferred over the port (1 Gbps, 2 Gbps or 4 Gbps). When
there is no specified value, no connection exists.
Rate
Identifies which Fibre Channel classes of service are enabled (2, 3, or 2/3). 2/3
indicates that both Class 2 and Class 3 are enabled.
Class
Type of device that the port is connected to. Free, Disk, Host, Peer, or InServ.
Connected Device Type
Viewing System Ports
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