Link Incident Alerts - McDATA Sphereon 4500 User Manual

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Port Indicators
Port State Green/Blue
Online On
Offline Off
Off
Port Failure Off
Segmented On
E_Port
Testing Off
On
Not Installed Off

Link Incident Alerts

Port States and Indicators (continued)
Amber Alert Indicator
Off None
Off None
Off Yellow Triangle
On Red and Yellow
Blinking
Diamond
Off Yellow Triangle
Blink Yellow Triangle
Blink Yellow Triangle
Off Yellow Triangle
a. The status indicator displays on the port in the Hardware View. It indicates that a
corrective action is required to return the port to a normal operating state.
A link incident is a problem detected on a fiber optic link, like the loss
of light, invalid sequences, and other problems. When a problem
occurs, a LIN alert is sent to the Link Incident Log in the switch
Product Manager. LIN alerts warn you that there is a link incident
Monitoring and Managing the Switch
a
Description
The attached device has successfully connected to the
switch and is ready to communicate or is in the process
of communicating with other attached devices. As long
as the port remains in the online state, the green/blue
port LED remains illuminated. Note that on the actual
port in the unit, the green/blue LED blinks when there is
active Fibre Channel traffic through the port.
The switch port was configured as "blocked" and is
transmitting the Fibre Channel OLS to the attached
device.
The switch port was configured as "Unblocked" and is
receiving the Fibre Channel OLS, indicating that the
attached device is offline.
The switch port has failed and requires service. The
amber LED for the port remains illuminated.
The E_Port is segmented preventing the two fabrics
from joining (this only occurs when two switches are
connected to each other). Display the Port Properties
dialog box to view the segmentation reason.
Port is executing an internal loopback test.
Port is executing an external loopback test.
Note: For any loopback test, the amber LED blinks
(beacons) to help users locate the port under test.
The port optics are not installed or the feature that
provides additional port function is not enabled.
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