EMULEX MODEL 375 SAN STORAGE SWITCH | CHAPTER 3: SWITCH MANAGEMENT |
USER’S GUIDE |
Port Recovery
The following settings are available.
Setting | Description |
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Bad Device Recovery | When a port is already inserted into a zone, the port transforms F8 |
| Failure notifications into F7 Initialization notifications. When this |
| occurs, the port is bypassed and F7 Initialization notifications are |
| allowed in the zone. Once the initialization is complete, the Bad |
| Zone Recovery Policy is operational and prevents a port that |
| continues to transmit F8 Failure notifications from inserting into the |
| zone. |
| Note: If this policy is disabled while the Bad Zone Recovery policy |
| is enabled, a zone that does go down will still allow the Bad |
| Zone Recovery policy to reset the zone and allow ports to be |
| reinserted. |
| When enabled, this policy prevents devices that send F8 Failure |
| notifications from inserting into a zone. The ability to remove |
| devices that generate F8 Failure notifications automatically and |
| instantaneously guarantees continual system operation. |
| When disabled, this policy allows devices that send F8 Failure |
| notifications to insert into a zone and does not consider F8 Failure |
| notifications when determining whether to insert a device or not. |
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Clear on Stall | In situations where the switch is operating in switching mode, some |
| devices may fall into an operating mode where the device has |
| opened a target but has not released the connection to the target. |
| When this policy is enabled, the switch can detect this condition and |
| automatically recover when this situation arises. |
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Bypass on No Activity | The switch detects the amount of time a data stream has gone |
| without receiving a comma. The time setting is set to 100 (.001 |
| seconds). When this policy is enabled, the switch bypasses the |
| disruptive port when the threshold is exceeded. |
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Bypass on Ordered Set | Ordered Set (OS) errors are detected and counted for each |
Error | individual port. When this policy is enabled, a port is bypassed |
| when its OS count exceeds the threshold setting. The threshold |
| setting is based on the number of ordered set errors identified in 10 |
| seconds. |
| Note: This threshold setting can be adjusted on the Web |
| Manager’s Advanced Functions Switch Thresholds page. |
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Bypass on CRC Error | Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) errors are detected and counted |
| for each individual port. When this policy is enabled, a port is |
| bypassed when its CRC count exceeds the threshold setting. The |
| threshold setting is based on the number of CRC errors identified in |
| 10 seconds. |
| User intervention is required to return the port into the zone. |
| Recovery methods include replacing the defective component, |
| cycling power to the device on the port, removing and reinserting |
| the bypassed port, or cycling power to the switch. |
| Note: This threshold setting can be adjusted on the Web |
| Manager’s Advanced Functions Switch Thresholds page. |
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