Port Operational States; Port States And Indicators - HP 316095-B21 - StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/24 User Manual

Monitoring and Managing the Switch

Port Operational States

Table 4
that display in the Hardware View and Port List View.
Table 4: Port States and Indicators
Port State
Beaconing
Inactive
Invalid
Attachment
Link Incident
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describes the port operational states and the LED and attention indicators
Port Indicators
Green/Blue
Off or On
Off
On
Off
Alert
Amber Indicator
Blink Yellow
Triangle
Off Yellow
Triangle
Off Yellow
Triangle
Off Yellow
Triangle
Edge Switch 2/24 Product Manager User Guide
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Description
The port is beaconing.
The amber port LED
blinks once every two
seconds to enable users
to find a specific port.
Enable beaconing
through the port's menu
on the Hardware View
Port List View, or
Performance View.
The switch port is in an
inactive state. Reasons
for this state appear in
the Reason field of the
Port Properties dialog
box.
Note that if port optics
have also failed, the
amber LED will be on.
The switch port is in an
invalid attachment state.
Reasons for this state
appear in the Reason
field of the Port
Properties dialog box.
A link incident occurred
on one of the ports and
displays in the Port List
View with a
corresponding indicator
displaying for the card
in the Hardware View.
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