Monitoring director operation, Director status table – HP StorageWorks 2.140 Director Switch User Manual
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Monitoring and managing the director
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GSML, GXXL, FPM, UPM, GLSR, GSMR, GLSL, and GXXR, also display in the FRU column of the
FRU List view. See ”
” on page 82 for details.
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Control processor (CTP) cards. Two CTP cards are installed, slot positions 1 and 0 (left to right).
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Power supply modules:
• Director 2/64—Two modules are installed, slot positions 1 and 0 (left to right).
• Director 2/140—Two modules are installed, slot positions 1 and 0 (left to right).
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Cooling fan modules:
• Director 2/64—Two modules are installed, slot positions 1 and 0 (left to right).
• Director 2/140—Three modules are installed, slot positions 2, 1, and 0 (left to right).
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Serial Crossbars (SBAR):
• Director 2/64—Two SBARs are installed, slot positions 1 (bottom) and 0 (top).
• Director 2/140—Two SBARs are installed, slot positions 0 (bottom) and 1 (top).
Monitoring director operation
You can monitor the operating status of the director using the Director Status table on the Hardware
view and the status bar at the bottom of the window.
Director Status table
The Status table at the top of the Hardware view displays the director’s operational status,
operational state, name, description, and location.
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Status—See”
” on page 84 for the meaning of the text that is displayed in
the director Status table and the corresponding status symbols that display on the status bar.
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State—Displays one of the following:
• Offline—When the director is
Offline
, all ports are off line. The ports cannot accept a
login from an attached device or cannot connect to other directors. You can configure this
state through the Set Online State dialog box. See ”
instructions.
• Online—All unblocked ports are able to connect with devices. You can configure this state
through the Set Online State dialog box. See ”
” on page 170 for
instructions. Note that the director automatically goes on line after a power-up, an initial
machine load (IML), or an initial program load (IPL).
• Coming online—A transitional state that occurs just before the director goes on line. This
state normally only happens briefly, unless there is a problem reaching the on line state.
• Going offline—A transitional state that occurs just before the director goes off line. This state
normally only happens briefly, unless there is a problem reaching the off line state.
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No Link Status—If the Ethernet network connection between the HAFM appliance and the
director is down, the Hardware view displays the front and rear of the unit without FRUs. The
Status table at the top of the Hardware view changes to display the status (No Link) and the
associated reason with a yellow background. The name, description, and location fields are
blank.
The Reason on the director Status table displays one of the following reasons when there are no
links: