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The Port Information data window fields are described in Table 17.
Table 17 Port Information data window fields
Field Description
Summary Group
Port Address Port Fibre Channel address.
Administrative Port Type The administrative port type (G, GL, F, FL, TR, or Donor). This value is
persistent; it is maintained during a switch reset. During port
auto-configuration, it determines which operational port states are
allowed.
Operational Port Type The port type that is currently active. This is set during port
auto-configuration based on the administrative port type.
Administrative Port State The port state (Online, Offline, Diagnostics, or Down) that has been
set by the user. This state may be different from the configured
administrative state if the user has not saved it in the switch
configuration. This state is used at the time it is set to try to set the port
operational state. This value is not persistent and is lost on a switch
reset.
Operational Port State The port state that is currently active. This value may be different from
the administrative port state; for example, due to the presence of an
error condition.
Configured Administrative Port
State
The port state (Online, Offline, Diagnostics, or Down) which is saved
in the switch configuration, either by the user or at the factory. This
value is persistent; it is maintained during a switch reset, and is used
after a reset to set the port operational state.
Logged In Indicates whether the device connected to the port is logged in or
not.
Port Connection Status E_Port connection status. Status can be None, Connecting,
Connected or Isolated.
Reason for Status Reason why E_Port is isolated.
Administrative Port Speed The port speed requested by the user.
Operational Port Speed The speed actually being used by the port.
Port Speed Supported The speeds supported by the port (1Gb/s, 2 Gb/s, 4 Gb/s, and 8
Gb/s).
Symbolic Name User-defined name for a port.
Port WWN Port world wide name
POST Status Status from the most recent Power On Self Test
POST Fault Code Fault code from the most recent Power On Self Test
Test Status Status from the most recent port test
Test Fault Code Fault code from the most recent port test