Fibre Channel Interfaces
S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m
Table 12-2
Operational State
Up
Down
Trunking
Reason Codes
Reason codes are dependent on the operational state of the interface as described in
Table 12-3
Administrative
Configuration
Up
Down
Up
Only some of the reason codes are listed in
Note
If the administrative state is up and the operational state is down, the reason code differs based on the
nonoperational reason code as described in
Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
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Operational States
Description
Interface is transmitting or receiving traffic as desired. To be in this state, an
interface must be administratively up, the interface link layer state must be up, and
the interface initialization must be completed.
Interface cannot transmit or receive (data) traffic.
Interface is operational in TE mode.
Reason Codes for Interface States
Operational
Status
Reason Code
Up
None.
Down
Administratively down—If you administratively configure an interface
as down, you disable the interface. No traffic is received or transmitted.
Down
See
Table
12-4.
Table
12-4.
Table
12-4.
OL-16184-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
Chapter 12
Configuring Interfaces
Table
12-3.