Fibre Channel Interfaces
S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m
Table 13-1
Administrative State
Up
Down
Operational States
The operational state indicates the current operational state of the interface as described in
Table 13-2
Operational State
Up
Down
Trunking
Reason Codes
Reason codes are dependent on the operational state of the interface as described in
Table 13-3
Administrative
Configuration
Up
Down
Up
Only some of the reason codes are listed in
Note
If the administrative state is up and the operational state is down, the reason code differs based on the
nonoperational reason code as described in
Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
13-8
Administrative States
Description
Interface is enabled.
Interface is disabled. If you administratively disable an interface by shutting
down that interface, the physical link layer state change is ignored.
Operational States
Description
Interface is transmitting or receiving traffic as desired. To be in this state, an
interface must be administratively up, the interface link layer state must be up, and
the interface initialization must be completed.
Interface cannot transmit or receive (data) traffic.
Interface is operational in TE or TF mode.
Reason Codes for Interface States
Operational
Status
Reason Code
Up
None.
Down
Administratively down—If you administratively configure an interface
as down, you disable the interface. No traffic is received or transmitted.
Down
See
Table
13-4.
Table
13-4.
Table
13-4.
OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
Chapter 13
Configuring Interfaces
Table
13-2.
Table
13-3.
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