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Monitoring and Managing the Director
Invalid
Attachment
On
Off
Yellow
Triangle
The director port is in an invalid attachment
state in either of five cases: (1) a loopback
plug is connected to the port and there is no
diagnostic test running, (2) the fiber-optic
cable is connected to another port on the
same director, (3) the port type is configured
as an F_Port and it is connected to another
director (E_Port), (4) the port type is
configured as an E_Port and is connected to
an N_Port, or (5) a port binding violation has
occurred due to an invalid entry in the
Bound WWN column in the Configure
Ports dialog box. Note: Ports can be
configured as G_Ports, F_Ports, and
E_Ports through the Configure Ports dialog
box.
Link
Incident
Off
Off
Yellow
Triangle
A link incident occurred on the port. The
status symbol displays in the Port List View,
Port Card View, and Hardware View.
Link Reset
Off
Off
Yellow
Triangle
The director and the attached device are
performing a link reset operation to recover
the link connection. Ordinarily, this is a
transient state that should not persist.
No Light
Off
Off
None
No signal (light) is being received on the
director port. This is a normal condition when
there is no cable plugged into the port or
when the power of the device attached to the
other end of the link is off.
Not
Operational
Off
Off
Yellow
Triangle
The director port is receiving the Fibre
Channel not operational sequence (NOS)
indicating that the attached device is not
operational.
Table 2–1: Port States and Indicators (Continued)
Port State
Port
Indicators
Alert
Indicator
Description
Green
Amber