HP StorageWorks 2.140 Director Switch - Manual (Page 59)

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CAUTION: Before setting the director off line, warn administrators and users currently
operating attached devices that the director is going off line and that there will be a
disruption of port operation. Also, request that the devices affected by an interruption of data
flow be set off line.
Select Set Offline ( Figure 18 ) or Set Online ( Figure 19 ) to toggle between off line and on line
states.
Figure 18 Set Online State dialog box (director is on line)
Figure 19 Set Offline State dialog box (director is off line)
When the Set Online or Set Offline warning dialog box is displayed, click OK to set the director
on line or off line.
As the director goes off line, the word
Offline
is displayed in the State field in the left corner
of the Hardware view. As the director goes on line, the word
Online
is displayed in the State
field in the left corner of the Hardware view. When going off line, LED indicators on all ports
with attached devices stay green, but the director sends off line sequences to these devices.
Port Card menu
Right-click a port card in the Hardware view to display the following menu options.
• Open Port Card View—Opens the Port Card view. You can also open the Port Card view by
clicking the port card. See ” Port Card view ” on page 61 for detailed information.
• FRU Properties—Display the port card’s Properties dialog box. This dialog box includes the FRU
name, position (slot number in backplane), state (active or failed), beaconing state (on or off)
part number, and serial number (see Figure 14 on page 55).
• Enable Port Card Beaconing—Adds a check mark to the check box and enables beaconing for
the card. This causes the amber LED on the card to flash to help you locate the card in the unit.
Note that you cannot enable beaconing if the card has failed.
• Block All Ports—Displays the Block All Ports dialog box. Click Yes to block all ports on the
selected card or No to cancel.
• Unblock All Ports—Displays the Unblock All Ports dialog box. Click Yes to unblock all ports on
the selected card or click No to cancel.
• Diagnostics—Displays the Port Diagnostics dialog box. Use this dialog box to run internal
loopback and external loopback tests on any port or all ports on the port card.