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Monitoring and Managing the Director
Online
On
Off
None
The attached device has successfully
connected to the director and is ready to
communicate or is in the process of
communicating with other attached devices.
As long as the port remains in the online
state, the green port LED remains
illuminated. Note that on the actual port in
the unit, the green LED blinks when there is
active Fibre Channel traffic through the port.
Offline
Off
Off
None
The director port was configured as
“blocked” and is transmitting the Fibre
Channel OLS to the attached device.
Off
Off
Yellow
Triangle
The director port was configured as
“Unblocked” and is receiving the Fibre
Channel OLS indicating that the attached
device is offline.
Port Failure
Off
On
Red and
Yellow
Blinking
Diamond
The director port has failed and requires
service. The amber LED for the port remains
illuminated.
Segmented
E_Port
On
Off
Yellow
Triangle
The E_Port is segmented preventing the two
fabrics from joining (this only occurs when
two directors are connected to each other).
Display the Port Properties dialog box to
view the segmentation reason.
Testing
Off
Blink
Yellow
Triangle
Port is executing an internal loopback test.
On
Blink
Yellow
Triangle
Port is executing an external loopback test.
Note: For any loopback test, the amber LED
blinks (beacons) to help users locate the port
under test.
Not
Installed
Off
Off
Yellow
Triangle
The port optics are not installed or the
feature that provides additional port function
is not enabled.
Table 2–1: Port States and Indicators (Continued)
Port State
Port
Indicators
Alert
Indicator
Description
Green
Amber
