5 – Managing Ports Displaying Port Information
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Table 5-6. Port Information Data Window Entries (Continued)
Entry | Description |
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Administrative Port Type | The administrative port type (G, GL, F, FL, |
| or Donor). This value is persistent; it will |
| be maintained during a switch reset. Dur- |
| ing port |
| to determine which operational port states |
| are allowed. |
Operational Port Type | The port type that is currently active. This |
| will be set during port |
| based on the administrative port type. |
Administrative Port State | The port state (Online, Offline, Diagnos- |
| tics, or Down) which has been set by the |
| user. This state may be different from the |
| configured administrative state if the user |
| has not saved it in the switch configura- |
| tion. This state is used at the time it is set |
| to try to set the port operational state. This |
| value is not persistent and will be lost on a |
| switch reset. |
Operational Port State | The port state that is currently active. This |
| value may be different from the adminis- |
| trative port state, for example due to an |
| error condition. |
Configured Administrative Port State | The port state (Online, Offline, Diagnos- |
| tics, or Down) which is saved in the switch |
| configuration, either by the user or at the |
| factory. This value is persistent; it will be |
| maintained during a switch reset, and will |
| be used after a reset to set the port opera- |
| tional state. |
Logged In | Indicates whether logged in or not. |
E Port Connection Status | E_Port connection status. Status can be |
| None, Connecting, Connected or Isolated. |
E Port Isolation Reason | Why E_Port is isolated. |
MFS Mode | Multiple Frame Sequence bundling status. |
I/O Stream Guard | RSCN message suppression status. Sta- |
| tus can be enabled, disabled, or automati- |
| cally determined by the switch. |
Administrative Port Speed | The speed requested by the user. |
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