Reason Field Messages - HP 316095-B21 - StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/24 User Manual

Monitoring and Managing the Switch
• Operational State
Beaconing, inactive, invalid attachment, link incident, link reset, no light, not
operational, online, offline, port failure, segmented E_Port, testing, or not
installed. Refer to
• Reason
When the port operating state is "Segmented E_Port," "Invalid Attachment," or
"Inactive," this field displays the reason for that state. When an E_Port is
segmented, two fabrics are prevented from joining. This only occurs when the
switch is connected to another switch. Reasons and probable causes are listed
under Reason Field Messages below.
• Threshold Alert
If a threshold alert exists for the port, an alert indicator (yellow triangle) will
appear by the Threshold Alert field, and the configured name for the last alert
received will appear in the field.

Reason Field Messages

The following messages display in the Reason field of the Port Properties dialog box
if an Invalid Attachment, Segmented E_Port, or Inactive state occurs for the port.
Invalid Attachment Messages:
• 01 Unknown. Invalid attachment reason cannot be determined.
• 02 ISL connection not allowed on this port. Port is configured
as an F_Port, but connected to Edge Switch or Director.
• 03 ELP rejected by the attached switch. This Director/Edge
Switch transmitted an exchange link protocol (ELP) frame that was rejected by the
switch at the other end of the ISL.
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04 Incompatible switch at the other end of the ISL.
Interop mode for this switch is set to Open Fabric mode and the switch at the other
end of the ISL is a HP switch configured for Homogeneous Fabric mode.
• 05 External loopback adapter connected to the port. A
loopback plug is connected to the port and there is no diagnostic test running.
• 06 N_Port connection not allowed on this port. The port type
configuration does not match the actual port use. Port is configured as an E_Port,
but attaches to a node device.
2–10
Table 2–1 on page 2-35 for definitions of operational states.
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