Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Configuration Manual page 36

Information About Fibre Channel Interfaces
If the administrative state is up and the operational state is down, the reason code differs based on the
nonoperational reason code. The table below describes the reason codes for nonoperational states.
Only some of the reason codes are listed in the table.
Note
Table 4: Reason Codes for Nonoperational States
Reason Code (long version)
Link failure or not connected
SFP not present
Initializing
Reconfigure fabric in progress
Offline
Inactive
Hardware failure
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Description
The physical layer link is not
operational.
The small form-factor pluggable
(SFP) hardware is not plugged in.
The physical layer link is
operational and the protocol
initialization is in progress.
The fabric is currently being
reconfigured.
The switch software waits for the
specified R_A_TOV time before
retrying initialization.
The interface VSAN is deleted or
is in a suspended state.
To make the interface operational,
assign that port to a configured and
active VSAN.
A hardware failure is detected.
Configuring Fibre Channel Interfaces
Applicable Modes
All
All
All
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