HP Surestore 64 Director Switch - Manual (Page 134)

122 Glossary
operating state ( director)
The operating states are described as follows:
Online - when the director is set online, an attached device can log in to the director if
the port is not blocked. Attached devices can communicate with each other if they are
configured in the same zone.
Offline - when the director is set offline, all ports are set offline. The director transmits
the offline sequence (OLS) to attached devices, and the devices cannot log in to the
director.
operating state ( port)
Valid states are:
• Online, offline, or testing.
• Beaconing.
• Invalid attachment.
• Link incident or link reset.
• No light, not operational, or port failure.
• Segmented E_Port.
optical fiber connector
Hardware component that transfers optical power between two optical fibers or
bundles and is designed to be repeatedly connected and disconnected.
out-of-band management
Transmission of management information using frequencies or channels other than
those routinely used for information transfer.