Viewing fc/fcoe port statistics – Dell Emulex Family of Adapters User Manual

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OneCommand™ Manager Application

P010066-01A Rev. A

8. Managing Adapters and Ports

FC/FCoE

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Discovered Ports – The number of mapped and unmapped ports found during

discovery by the Emulex adapter driver. The mapped ports are targets and the

unmapped ports are non-targets such as switches or adapters.

Port Type – The current operational mode of the selected adapter’s port.

Enable PFC Throttle checkbox – PFC throttle is enabled by default to prevent

the loss of FCoE packets. Uncheck the box to disable PFC throttle.

Note: The checkbox does not appear if the adapter does not support PFC

throttle.

OS Device Name – The platform-specific name by which the selected adapter is

known to the operating system.

Symbolic Node Name – The FC name used to register the driver with the name

server.

Supported Class of Service – A frame delivery scheme exhibiting a set of

delivery characteristics and attributes. There are three classes of service.

Class 1 provides a dedicated connection between a pair of ports with

confirmed delivery or notification of non-delivery.

Class 2 provides a frame switched service with confirmed delivery or

notification of non-delivery.

Class 3 provides a frame switched service similar to Class 2 but without

notification of frame delivery or non-delivery.

Supported FC4 Types – A 256-bit (8-word) map of the FC-4 protocol types

supported by the port containing the selected adapter.

Port Status Area Field Definitions

Link Status – The status of the link on the selected adapter port.

Port Speed – The current port speed of the selected adapter port.

Bandwidth Limit – The QoS bandwidth restriction on the port.

Viewing FC/FCoE Port Statistics

When you select an FC/FCoE port from the discovery-tree, the Port Statistics tab

provides cumulative totals for various error events and statistics on the port. Some

statistics are cleared when the adapter is reset.
To view FC port statistics:
1. Select Host or Fabric view.
2. Select an FC/FCoE adapter port in the discovery-tree.

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