User's Guide

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Port Operational States
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Port Indicators
Port State Green Amber
Alert
Indicator
a
Description
Beaconing Off or On Blink Yellow
Triangle
The port is beaconing. The amber port LED
blinks once every two seconds to enable
users to find a specific port. Enable
beaconing through the port’s pop-up menu
on the Port Card View, Port List View, or
Performance View.
Invalid
Attachment
On Off Yellow
Triangle
The director port is in an invalid attachment
state in either of four cases: (1) a loopback
plug is connected to the port and there is no
diagnostic test running, (2) the fiber-optic
cable is connected to another port on the
same director, (3) the port type is
configured as an F_Port and it is connected
to another director (E_Port), or (4) the port
type is configured as an E_Port and is
connected to an N_Port. Note: Ports can be
configured as G_Ports, F_Ports, and
E_Ports through the Configure Ports dialog
box.
Link Incident Off Off Yellow
Triangle
A link incident occurred on the port. The
alert 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.