McDATA Sphereon 4500 - Manual (Page 61)

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Hardware View 2-5
Monitoring and Managing the Switch
Monitoring
Hardware
Operation Determine hardware component operating status and states by the
simulated light emitting diode (LED) indicators and status symbols,
such as flashing red and yellow diamonds and yellow triangles, that
appear on hardware components. These simulated LEDs and status
symbols reflect the state of the actual hardware as changes occur.
Corresponding or additional descriptions of hardware status and
states also display when you double-click components to display
Properties dialog boxes.
Figure 2-1 illustrates the Hardware View for the Sphereon ES-4500
Fabric Switch. The figure includes examples of symbols and LED
indicators that display to help you monitor hardware operation.
Numbers by the example are keyed to descriptions under
Front View
and Rear View on page 2-7.
Figure 2-1 Hardware Operation - Sphereon ES-4500 Fabric Hardware View
Front View 1. Port Attention Indicator: The yellow triangle ( ) indicates that a link
incident occurred or that the port is not operational, in nonstandard
mode of operation, or has other status. For a link incident, the status
table at the top of the Hardware View changes to reflect the reason for
the alert. You can also note the reason by displaying the Port
Properties dialog box for the port. For details on status symbols, refer
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