HP StorageWorks 2.32 Edge Switch User Manual
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Monitoring and managing the switch
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Block configuration—Blocked or unblocked. Operation can be blocked or unblocked using
any of the following methods:
• Through the Configure Ports dialog box. See ”
” on page 84 for instructions.
• Right-click a port in the Hardware View, a port’s row in the Port List View, or a port bar
graph in the Performance View, and click Block Port.
• Select Product > Port > Block Port. This option is available from the Hardware View,
the Port List View, or the Performance View.
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10-100 km configuration—Extended distance buffering. This can be enabled or disabled
for the port through the Configure Ports dialog box. See ”
instructions.
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RX BB Credits—Indicates a switch that supports BB credit configuration.
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LIN Alerts configuration—Indicates whether LIN alerts are enabled or disabled. LIN alerts
can be configured through the Configure Ports dialog box. The default is for the LIN alerts to be
enabled.
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FAN configuration—Indicates whether Fabric Address Notification (FAN) is On or Off when
the port is operating as an FL_Port.
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Beaconing—Indicates the beaconing status for the port. To enable or disable beaconing,
right-click the port and click Enable Beaconing. (A port in a failed state cannot be set to
beacon.)
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Link incident—Description of the last link incident that occurred on the port.
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Operational state—Beaconing, Inactive, Invalid Attachment, Link Incident, Link Reset, No
Light, Not Operational, Online, Offline, Port Failure, Segmented E_port, Testing, Or Not
on page 72 for definitions of operational states.
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Reason—When the port operating state is Segmented E_Port, Invalid Attachment, or Inactive,
this field displays the reason for that state. When an E_Port is segmented, two fabrics are
prevented from joining. This only occurs when the switch is connected to another switch.
The following messages display in the Reason field of the Port Properties dialog box if an
Invalid Attachment, Segmented E_Port, or Inactive state occurs for the port:
Invalid attachment messages:
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01 Unknown
—The reason is not known.
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02 ISL connection not allowed on this port
—ISL is connected to a port
configured as an F_Port.
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03 ELP rejected by the attached switch
—This switch transmitted an exchange
link protocol (ELP) frame that was rejected by the switch at the other end of the ISL
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04 Incompatible switch other end of the ISL
—The switch is configured for
Homogenous mode, and the switch at the other end of the ISL is an HP switch configured for
Open Fabric 1.0 mode.
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05 External loopback adapter connected to the port
—A loopback plug is
connected to the port, and no diagnostic test is running.
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06 N_Port connection not allowed on this port
—The port type configuration
does not match the actual port use. (The port is configured as an E_Port, but attaches to a
node device.)