Port Operational States - HP Surestore 64 - Director Switch User Manual

Port Operational States

Port Indicators
Port State Green
Beaconing Off or On
Invalid On
Attachment
Link Incident Off
Link Reset Off
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Alert
a
Amber Indicator
Blink Yellow
Triangle
Off Yellow
Triangle
Off Yellow
Triangle
Off Yellow
Triangle
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 pop-up menu
on the Port Card View, Port List View, or
Performance View.
The director port is in an invalid attachment
state in either of four cases: (1) a loopback
plug is connected to the port and there is no
diagnostic test running, (2) the fiber-optic
cable is connected to another port on the
same director, (3) the port type is
configured as an F_Port and it is connected
to another director (E_Port), or (4) the port
type is configured as an E_Port and is
connected to an N_Port. Note: Ports can be
configured as G_Ports, F_Ports, and
E_Ports through the Configure Ports dialog
box.
A link incident occurred on the port. The
alert symbol displays in the Port List View,
Port Card View, and Hardware View.
The director and the attached device are
performing a link reset operation to recover
the link connection. Ordinarily, this is a
transient state that should not persist.