HP Storage Essentials V5.1 User Guide First Edition (T4283-96026, August 2006)

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2. Double-click a switch in the right pane.
3. Click the Ports button under the Physical column in the Navigation tab, as shown in the
following figure.
Figure 41 Finding the Status of a Port
4. Under the Name column in the Ports table, click the port that you want to obtain the status.
5. On the Properties page, the status of the port is displayed in the right column.
The status of the port can be online, off line or unknown.
*An ES4500 switch displays its status differently when a port is not installed:
• SWAPI connection - Unknown status
• SNMP connection - Offline
Table 47 Port Status Definitions
Status Definition
Online Port is physically installed with node connections
Offline Port is physically installed, but without node
connections
Brocade switches also display this status if the port
is not physically installed (Gigabit Interface
Converter (GIBIC) is not installed).
*Not Installed (McDATA SWAPI connections
only)
Port is not physically installed (Gigabit Interface
Converter (GIBIC) is not installed).
*Unknown (McDATA SNMP connections
only)
Port is not installed.