Node Properties; Port Technology; Block Port; Enable Beaconing - HP Surestore 64 - Director Switch User Manual

Monitoring and Managing the Director

Node Properties

Click this to display the Node Properties dialog box. Note that if a node is not
logged into the port, a message displays indicating that node information is not
available. For details on information that displays in this dialog box, refer to
"Displaying Node

Port Technology

Click this to display the Port Technology dialog box. This dialog box displays the
following information:

Block Port

Click to display a check mark and block port transmission. If blocked, a node
attached to the port is prevented from logging into the director or communicating
with other devices attached to switch ports. A blocked port continuously transmits
offline signals (OLS). Click to remove the check mark and unblock the port. If
unblocked, a node attached to the port can communicate with the switch and
communicate with other nodes attached to the switch.

Enable Beaconing

Click this to make the amber LED by the port blink on the actual switch and the
amber indicator blink for the port in the Hardware View. This enables users to
locate the unit where the port is located. When a blinking amber LED indicator
displays by a port, an attention indicator ( ) displays below the port's connector
in the Port Card View and on the port card in the Hardware View.
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Properties" on page 102.
Port number.
Connector type—Always LC.
Transceiver type—Longwave laser LC or shortwave laser LC.
Distance—General distance range for port transmission. This can be either
short-to-long distances for the longwave laser LC transceiver or short
distances for the shortwave laser LC transceivers.
Media—The Fibre Channel mode and optic size. For the longwave laser LC
transceiver, this would be single mode 9 micron. For the shortwave laser LC
transceiver, this would be multimode 50 micron or 62.5 micron.
Speed—This will be set to either 1 Gbit per second or 1 Gbit, 2 Gbit per
second.
Director Product Manager User Guide