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11. When finished, click Cancel to close the Port Diagnostics dialog
box.
12. Remove the loopback plug and reconnect the fiber-optic jumper
cable from the device to the port (disconnected in
13. Reset the port:
a. At the Hardware View, right-click the port graphic. A pop-up
menu appears.
b. Select Reset Port. A message box displays, indicating a link
reset will occur.
c. Click OK. The port resets.
14. Notify the customer the test is complete and the device can be
reconnected and set online.
Failure of port circuitry behind an optical transceiver may require
swapping the logical port address of the failed port to a known
operational port. This ensures the port address matches information
in the hardware configuration definition (HCD) of an attached host.
NOTE: This procedure swaps hexadecimal logical port addresses, not
decimal port numbers.
To swap ports:
1. At the Element Manager application (management server), select
Swap Ports from the Maintenance menu. The Swap Ports dialog box
displays
(Figure
60).
2. Select the radio button associated with the product management
style and enter the decimal port numbers (open systems style) or
hexadecimal port addresses (FICON style) of the ports to be
swapped. The FC Address fields update dynamically.
3. Click Next. The Instructions section of the dialog box indicates the
ports will be blocked.
step
2).
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