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5 – Managing Ports

 

 

Displaying Port Information

 

 

 

 

5.1.1.2

Displaying Port Operational States

To display the operational state on each port in the faceplate display, open the View menu and select View Port States. Table 5-2lists 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 5-2. 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.

Iso

Isolated – E_Port has lost its connection. Refer to ”Port Information

 

Data Window” on page 5-7for information about why the E_Port has

 

isolated.

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 – the port is disabled, power is removed from the lasers, and

 

can’t be logged in.

 

 

5.1.1.3

Displaying Port Speeds

To display the speed of each port in the faceplate display, open the View menu and select View Port Speeds. Table 5-3lists the possible port speeds.

 

Table 5-3. Port Speeds

 

 

Speed

Description

 

 

Au

Auto-detect

1G

1-Gbps transmission speed

2G

2-Gbps transmission speed

 

 

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Q-Logic SANBOX2-8C/16 manual Displaying Port Operational States, Displaying Port Speeds