HP Surestore 64 HP Surestore Director FC-64 Product Manager User's Guide - Page 115

Monitoring and, Managing the Director, Port Indicators, Port State, Green, Amber, Alert, Indicator

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Monitoring and Managing the Director Table 3 Port States and Indicators (cont'd) Port Indicators Port State Green Not Off Operational Amber Off Alert Indicator Yellow Triangle Online On Off None Offline Off Off Port Failure Off Segmented On E_Port Off None Off Yellow Triangle On Red and Yellow Blinking Diamond Off Yellow Triangle Description The director port is receiving the Fibre Channel not operational sequence (NOS), indicating that the attached device is not operational. The attached device has successfully connected to the director and is ready to communicate or is in the process of communicating with other attached devices. As long as the port remains online, the green port LED remains illuminated. Note that on the actual port in the unit, the green LED blinks when there is active Fibre Channel traffic through the port. The director port was configured as "blocked" and is transmitting the Fibre Channel OLS to the attached device. The director port was configured as "unblocked" and is receiving the Fibre Channel OLS, indicating that the attached device is offline. The director 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 directors are connected to each other). Display the Port Properties dialog box to view the segmentation reason. Port Operational States 99

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Port Operational States
99
Monitoring and
Managing the Director
Not
Operational
Off
Off
Yellow
Triangle
The director port is receiving the Fibre
Channel not operational sequence (NOS),
indicating that the attached device is not
operational.
Online
On
Off
None
The attached device has successfully
connected to the director and is ready to
communicate or is in the process of
communicating with other attached devices.
As long as the port remains online, the
green port LED remains illuminated. Note
that on the actual port in the unit, the green
LED blinks when there is active Fibre
Channel traffic through the port.
Offline
Off
Off
None
The director port was configured as
“blocked” and is transmitting the Fibre
Channel OLS to the attached device.
Off
Off
Yellow
Triangle
The director port was configured as
“unblocked” and is receiving the Fibre
Channel OLS, indicating that the attached
device is offline.
Port Failure
Off
On
Red and
Yellow
Blinking
Diamond
The director port has failed and requires
service. The amber LED for the port
remains illuminated.
Segmented
E_Port
On
Off
Yellow
Triangle
The E_Port is segmented preventing the
two fabrics from joining (this only occurs
when two directors are connected to each
other). Display the
Port Properties
dialog
box to view the segmentation reason.
Table 3
Port States and Indicators
(cont
d)
Port Indicators
Port State
Green
Amber
Alert
Indicator
Description