HP Surestore 64 - Director Switch User Manual page 86

Monitoring and Managing the Director
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Type—The type of port.
— G_Port. This displays if nothing is logged into the port.
— F_Port. This displays if a device is logged into the port.
— E_Port. This displays if the port is connected to another director's E_Port
via an ISL.
Operating Speed—This field displays the current data speed for the port as
1 Gb/sec, 2 Gb/sec, or Not Established. Not established displays if Negotiate
was set for the port through the Configure Ports dialog box and the data
speed has not been resolved between the port and the attached device, or if the
port and device are not communicating.
Fibre Channel Address—The port's Fibre Channel address identifier.
Port WWN—The port's 16-digit World Wide Name (WWN).
Attached Port WWN—The WWN of the node logged into the port.
Block Configuration—Blocked or unblocked. Operation can be blocked or
unblocked through the Configure Ports dialog box or through the block ports
options on right-click menus in the Port Card View. Refer to
Ports" on page 127 and
10–100 km Configuration—Extended distance buffering. This can be
enabled or disabled for the port through the Configure Ports dialog box.
Refer to "Configuring
LIN Alerts Configuration—This field indicates whether link incident (LIN)
alerts are enabled or disabled. LIN alerts can be configured through the
Configure Ports dialog box. The default is for the LIN alerts to be enabled.
Beaconing—This field indicates the beaconing status for the port. To enable
or disable beaconing, right-click the port and choose Enable Beaconing.
Link Incident—Description of the last link incident that occurred on the port.
Operational State—Beaconing, inactive, invalid attachment, link incident,
link reset, no light, not operational, online, offline, port failure, segmented
E-Port, and testing. Refer to
Reason—Lists the reason for a segmented E_Port operating state or invalid
attachment, or inactive operating state for the port. An E_Port segmentation
occurs only when the director is connected to another director or a switch.
This field displays "NA" if a segmented E_Port or invalid attachment
operating state has not occurred.
"Using the Port Card
Ports" on page 127 for instructions.
Table 4 for definitions of operational states.
"Configuring
View" on page 84 for details.
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