EMC Connectrix ED-64M, User Manual

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4
Using the Hardware View
4-3
Monitoring and Managing the Director
Status Refer to Table 4-3 on page 4-15 for the meaning of the text in the
Status
field 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 director is off line, all ports are off line.
The ports cannot accept a login from an attached device, nor can
it connect to other directors or switches.
Refer to Setting the Online State on page 7-8 for instructions on
setting the director on line or off line.
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Online — All unblocked ports are able to connect with devices.
Note that the director automatically goes on line after a
power-up, IML, or IPL.
Refer to Setting the Online State on page 7-8 for instructions on
setting the director on line or off line.
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Coming online — This is 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.
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Going offline — This is 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.
Name, Description,
Location
Refer to Configuring Director Identification on page 5-3 for details on
setting these parameters.
No Link Status If the Ethernet network connection between the Connectrix service
processor and the director is down, the Hardware view displays the
front and rear of the unit without FRUs. The ED-64M 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 on the ED-64M 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.