HP H-series Enterprise Fabric Management Suite Software - Manual (Page 136)

136 Managing Ports
Port states
The port administrative state, which determines the operational state of a port has two forms: configured
administrative state and current administrative state.
• Configured administrative state—Saved in the switch configuration and preserved across switch resets.
Enterprise Fabric Management Suite always makes changes to the configured administrative state.
• Current administrative state—Applied to the port for temporary purposes and not preserved across
switch resets. The current administrative state is set with the Set Port command using the CLI.
The port operational state is the actual port state and not the administrative state you may have assigned.
To view the operational state of each port in the faceplate display:
1. Select a switch or stack in the fabric tree.
2. Select View > View Port States.
Table 33 describes the possible operational states.
To change the port administrative state:
1. Select a switch in the fabric tree.
2. Select one or more ports in the faceplate display.
3. Select Port > Port Properties to open the Port Properties dialog box ( Figure 80 ).
4. For each port, select an option from the drop-down list in the Configured State column. To apply the
same value for all selected ports, check the Configured State checkbox at the bottom of the dialog box.
Table 34 describes the port administrative states.
5. Click OK.
GL_Port Generic loop port—Self-discovers as an F_Port, FL_Port, or an E_Port. GL_Port is the
default port type. A single device on a public loop attempts to configure first as an
F_Port, then if that fails, as an FL_Port.
E_Port Expansion port—The mode that a G_Port or GL_Port is in when attached by an ISL
(inter-switch link) to another fibre channel switch.
TR_Port Transparent Router port—Enables devices on a remote fabric to be mapped to
devices on the local H-Series Fibre Channel Switch fabric. TR_Ports do not support
online port diagnostics (see ” Testing ports ” (page 141)).
Donor Donor port—Enables buffer credits to be used by another port.
Table 32 Port types (continued)
State Description
Table 33 Port operational states
State Description
Online—Port is active and ready to send data.
None Inactive—Port operational state is offline, but administrative state is online.
Isolated—E_Port has lost its connection. See
Table 25 for information about why the
E_Port is isolated.
Offline—Port is active, can receive signal, but cannot accept a device login.
Diagnostics—Port is in diagnostics mode in preparation for testing.
Downed—The port is disabled, power is removed from the lasers, and the port
cannot be logged in.