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19 Automatically viewing the network switch physical connection between iDRAC & server network ports
5 Connection View for iDRAC
The following are scenarios on how the switch connection ID and switch port connection ID fields are filled for
iDRAC network port.
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
iDRAC network port link is down. And the prior Switch
Connection ID and Switch Port Connection Id information
is not available.
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 switch stopped sending LLDP packets to
iDRAC network port.
Use the refresh option to refresh the connection view
details to get the latest data.
Valid Data
Valid Data
The iDRAC reads valid chassis Id and Port Id TLVs from
incoming LLDP packets.
5.1 RACADM
Either of the following RACADM commands can be used to view the Switch Connection View information for
iDRAC:
 racadm switchconnection view
 racadm switchconnection viewiDRAC.Embedded.1
For more information, see the racadm section in Connection View for NDC/LOM/PCIe NIC cards.
5.2 WS-Man
Refer to the WS-Man section in Connection View for NDC/LOM/PCIe NIC cards.