HP Surestore 64 fw 05.01.00 and sw 07.01.00 - Director Product Manager - User - Page 113

List View, Port Card View, and, Table 4, Port States and Indicators Continued

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Monitoring and Managing the Director Table 4: Port States and Indicators (Continued) Port State Link Incident Link Reset No Light Not Operational Online Offline Port Indicators Green Off Amber Off Alert Indicator Yellow Triangle Off Off Yellow Triangle Off Off None Off Off Yellow Triangle On Off None Off Off None Off Off Yellow Triangle Description A link incident occurred on the port. The status 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. No signal (light) is being received on the director port. This is a normal condition when there is no cable plugged into the port or when the power of the device attached to the other end of the link is off. 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 in the online state, 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. Director Product Manager User Guide 113

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Monitoring and Managing the Director
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Director Product Manager User Guide
Link Incident
Off
Off
Yellow
Triangle
A link incident occurred on the port.
The status symbol displays in the Port
List View, Port Card View, and
Hardware View.
Link Reset
Off
Off
Yellow
Triangle
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.
No Light
Off
Off
None
No signal (light) is being received on
the director port. This is a normal
condition when there is no cable
plugged into the port or when the
power of the device attached to the
other end of the link is off.
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 in
the online state, 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.
Table 4:
Port States and Indicators (Continued)
Port State
Port
Indicators
Alert
Indicator
Description
Green
Amber