Switch Manager

Displaying port types

To display port type status, select View > View Port Types. Table 19 lists the possible port types and their meanings.

Table 19: Port type

State

Description

F_Port

Fabric port—Supports a single public device (N_Port).

 

 

FL_Port

Fabric loop port—Self discovers a single device (N_Port) or a loop of up to

 

126 public devices (NL_Port).

 

 

G_Port

Generic port—Self discovers as an F_Port.

 

 

GL_Port

Generic loop port—Self discovers as an F_Port or an FL_Port. GL_Port is the

 

default port type. A single device on a public loop attempts to configure as an

 

F_Port first, if that fails it attempts to configure as an FL_Port.

 

 

Donor

Donor port—Allows buffer credits to be used by another port.

 

 

Displaying port operational states

To display the operational state on each port, select View > View Port States. Table 20 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.

Table 20: Port operational states

State

Description

On

Online—Port is active and ready to send data.

 

 

Ia

Inactive—Port operational state is offline, but administrative state is online.

 

 

Off

Offline—Port is active, can receive signal, but cannot accept a device login.

 

 

Dia

Diagnostics—Port is in diagnostics mode in preparation for testing

 

 

Dn

Down—Port is disabled, power is removed from the lasers, and cannot be

 

logged in.

 

 

Displaying port speeds

To display the speed of each port, select View > View Port Speeds. Table 21 lists the possible port speeds.

Table 21: Port speeds

State

 

Description

Au

Auto-detect

1Gbps

1

Gbps transmission speed (not supported)

2Gbps

2

Gbps transmission speed

Displaying transceiver media status

To display transceiver media status, select View > View Port Media. Table 22 lists the port media states and their meanings.