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180 Enterprise Fabric Suite 2007 User Guide • September 2008
Displaying Port Operational States
To display the operational state on each port in the faceplate display, open the View
menu and select View Port States.
TABLE 6-4 lists the possible operational states and
their meanings. The port operational state refers to actual port state and not the
administrative state you may have assigned.
Displaying Port Speeds
To display the speed of each port in the faceplate display, open the View menu and
select View Port Speeds.
TABLE 6-5 lists the possible port speeds.
TABLE 6-4 Port Operational States
Symbol Description
Online — port is active and ready to send data.
None Inactive — port operational state is offline, but administrative state is
online.
Isolated — E_Port has lost its connection. Refer to “Port Information Data
Window” on page 173 for information about why the E_Port has isolated.
Offline — port is active, can receive signal, but cannot accept a device
login.
Diagnostics — port is in diagnostics mode in preparation for testing
Downed — the port is disabled, power is removed from the lasers, and
can’t be logged in.
TABLE 6-5 Port Speeds
Speed Description
1G 1-Gbps transmission speed
2G 2-Gbps transmission speed
4G 4-Gbps transmission speed
8G 8-Gbps transmission speed
10G 10-Gbps transmission speed
20G 20-Gbps transmission speed