What Does A Red/Orange/Dotted Line Through The Switch Mean? - HP Cisco MDS 9216 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Chapter 69 Management Software FAQ
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What does a red/orange/dotted line through the switch mean?

If a red line shows through your switch, this means Fabric Manger sees something wrong with the
switch. Choose Switches in the Physical Attributes pane to see a status report in the information pane.
A module, fan, or power supply has failed or is offline and plugged in.
If a dotted orange line shows through your switch, this indicates a minor status warning for that switch.
Usually it means an issue with one of the modules. The tooltip should say exactly what is wrong. Hold
the mouse over the switch to see the tooltip.
Below are tables of color settings and tooltip definitions for Fabric Manager and Device Manager.
Table 69-1
Fabric Manager Color
Red Slash
Red X
Device Manager Color
Green Square with Mode (e.g., F, T, TE, U/I for
FICON)
Orange Square with Mode
Orange Cross
Brown Square
Light Gray Square
Red Cross
Red Square
No Square or Black Square
Table 69-2
Tooltip
adminDown
bitErrRTThresExceeded
bundleMisCfg
channelAdminDown
channelConfigurationInProgress
channelOperSuspended
deniedDueToPortBinding
OL-8007-10, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
Fabric Manager and Device Manager Color Definitions
Device Manager Tooltip Definitions
Definition
Cannot communicate with a switch via SNMP.
Cannot communicate with or see a switch in the
Domain Manager/Fabric Configuration Server list
of fabric switches.
Definition
Port up.
Trunk incomplete.
Ols or Nos received.
Port is administratively down.
Port is not manageable.
HardwareFailure/LoopbackDiagFailure/LinkFail
ure
Any other kind of configuration failure.
Port not yet configured.
Definition
The port is administratively down.
Bit error rate too high.
Misconfiguration in PortChannel membership
detected.
This port is a member of a PortChannel and that
PortChannel is administratively down.
This port is undergoing a PortChannel
configuration.
This port is a member of a PortChannel and its
operational parameters are incompatible with the
PortChannel parameters.
Suspended due to port binding.
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