EMC Connectrix DS-32M2, User Manual

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4
Using the Hardware View 4-3
Monitoring and Managing the Switch
Status Refer to Table 4-3 on page 4-35 for the meaning of the text in the
Status table and the corresponding symbol in the lower left corner of
the Product Manager window.
State The State field displays one of the following:
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OFFLINE — When the switch is off line, all ports are off line. The
ports cannot accept a login from an attached device or cannot
connect to other switches.
Refer to Setting the Online State on page 7-8 for instructions on
setting the switch on line or off line.
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Online — All unblocked ports are able to connect with devices.
Note that the switch automatically goes on line after a power-up,
IML (Initial Machine Load), or IPL (Initial Program Load).
Refer to Setting the Online State on page 7-8 for instructions on
setting the switch on line or off line.
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Coming online
— This is a transitional state that occurs just
before the switch goes on line. This state normally only happens
briefly, unless there is a problem reaching the online state.
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Going offline — This is a transitional state that occurs just before
the switch goes off line. This state normally only happens briefly,
unless there is a problem reaching the offline state.
Name, Description,
Location
Refer to Configuring Switch Identification on page 5-2 for details on
setting these parameters.
No Link Status If the Ethernet network connection between the Connectrix service
processor and the switch is down, the Hardware view displays the
front and rear of the unit without FRUs. The DS-32M2 Status table at
the top of the Hardware view changes to display the status (
No Link
)
and reason with a yellow background. The Name, Description, and
Location
fields are blank.
A Reason field in the DS-32M2 Status table displays one of the
following reasons when there are no links.
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Never Connected — Could be either of these causes:
• A network connection was never established between the
switch and the Connectrix service processor
• The CTP subsystem failed.