
4-14 McDATA Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual
Repair Information
•FAN Configuration - User-configured state for fabric address
notification (FAN) configuration (Enabled or Disabled).
•Operational State - Port state (Online, Offline, Not Installed,
Inactive, Invalid Attachment, Link Rese t, No Light, Not Operational,
Port Failure, Segmented E_Port, Disabled, or Testing).
•Reason - A summary appears describing the reason if the port
state is Segmented E_Port, Invalid Attachment, or Inactive. For any
other port state, the reaso n is N/A.
Inspect POM Data
At the Port List View, click the entry for a port in the Health Status
column. POM data for the selected port appears in the lower panel of
the view (Figure4-3):
•Port Number - Product port number.
•Health Status - Condition of the installed optical transceiver
(Normal, Warning, Alarm, or No Info).
•Transceiver Type - Installed transceiver type (SFP, XFP, or
Unknown).
If the port has a digital diagnostics (DD) enabled optical transceiver
installed, product firmware displays a table of reported temperature,
voltage, current, transceive r power, and receiver power. Optical
transceivers also provide vendor-specific threshold values for these
parameters.
Inspect Port Transceiver Technology
At the Port List View, click the entry for a port in the Transceiver
column. Port transceiver tec hnology information for the sele cted port
appears in the lower panel of t he view:
•Port Number - Product port number.
•Identifier - Installed transceiver type (SFP, XFP, or Unknown).
•Connector type - Type of port connector (LC, MT_RJ, MU,
Unknown, or Internal Port).
•Transceiver - Type of port transceiver (Shortwave Laser, Longwave
Laser, Long Distance Laser, Unknown, or None).
•Distance Capability - Port transmission distance (Short,
Intermediate, Long, Very Long, or Unknown).