McDATA Sphereon 4500 - Manual (Page 93)

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Link Incident Alerts 2-37
Monitoring and Managing the Switch
a. The status indicator displays on the port in the Hardware View. It indicates that a
corrective action is required to return the port to a normal operating state.
Link Incident Alerts
A link incident is a problem detected on a fiber optic link, like the loss
of light, invalid sequences, and other problems. When a problem
occurs, a LIN alert is sent to the Link Incident Log in the switch
Product Manager. LIN alerts warn you that there is a link incident
Online On Off None The attached device has successfully connected to the
switch and is ready to communicate or is in the process
of communicating with other attached devices. As long
as the port remains in the online state, the green/blue
port LED remains illuminated. Note that on the actual
port in the unit, the green/blue LED blinks when there is
active Fibre Channel traffic through the port.
Offline Off Off None The switch port was configured as “blocked” and is
transmitting the Fibre Channel OLS to the attached
device.
Off Off Yellow Triangle The switch port was configured as “Unblocked” and is
receiving the Fibre Channel OLS, indicating that the
attached device is offline.
Port Failure Off On Red and Yellow
Blinking
Diamond The switch port has failed and requires service. The
amber LED for the port remains illuminated.
Segmented
E_Port On Off Yellow Triangle The E_Port is segmented preventing the two fabrics
from joining (this only occurs when two switches are
connected to each other). Display the Port Properties
dialog box to view the segmentation reason.
Testing Off Blink Yellow Triangle Port is executing an internal loopback test.
On Blink Yellow Triangle Port is executing an external loopback test.
Note: For any loopback test, the amber LED blinks
(beacons) to help users locate the port under test.
Not Installed Off Off Yellow Triangle The port optics are not installed or the feature that
provides additional port function is not enabled.
Table 2-1 Port States and Indicators (continued)
Port Indicators
Port State Green/Blue Amber Alert Indicator a Description