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13 Automatically viewing the network switch physical connection between iDRAC & server network ports
4 Switch Connection View for NDC/LOM/PCIe NIC cards
The following are scenarios on how the switch connection ID and switch port connection ID fields are filled for
server network ports.
Switch Connection
ID
Switch Port
Connection ID
Description
Feature disabled
Feature disabled
Connection view feature is disabled. Enable the
feature to view connection view data.
No Link
No Link
Network Controller port link is down. And the prior
Switch Connection ID and Switch Port Connection Id
information is not available.
Not Supported
Not Supported
Network Controller doesn’t support connection view
feature.
Not Available
Not Available
LLDP is not enabled on the top of the rack switch.
Stale Data
Stale Data
Last known good data, either the Network controller
port link is down or the system is powered off.
Use the refresh option to refresh the connection view
details to get the latest data.
Valid Data
Valid Data
The network controller reads valid chassis Id and Port
Id TLVs from incoming LLDP packets.
4.1 iDRAC GUI
To view the network device’s connection view information, click System → Network Device → Network
Device FQDD → Ports and Partitioned ports.
Viewing network device’s Connection View information