HP 2/8q Fibre Channel manual State Description

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.

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