director product manager user guide
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Monitoring and Managing the Director
State
The State field displays one of the following:
•
Offline—When the director is
OFFLINE
, all ports are offline. The ports cannot
accept a login from an attached device or cannot connect to other directors. You
can configure this state through the Set Online State dialog box. Refer to “
Set
Online State
” on
page 5–4
for instructions.
•
Online—All unblocked ports are able to connect with devices. You can configure
this state through the Set Online State dialog box. Refer to “
Set Online State
” on
page 5–4
for instructions. Note that the director automatically goes online after a
power-up or an initial machine load (IML) or initial program load (IPL).
•
Coming online—This is a transitional state that occurs just before the director
goes online. This state normally only happens briefly, unless there is a problem
reaching the online state.
•
Going offline—This is a transitional state that occurs just before the director goes
offline. This state normally only happens briefly, unless there is a problem
reaching the offline state.
No Link Status
If the Ethernet network connection between the HAFM server and the director is
down, the Hardware View displays the front and rear of the unit without FRUs. The
Director 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.
The Reason field on the Director Status table displays one of the following reasons
when there are no links.
•
Never Connected—A network connection was never established between the
director and the HAFM server or the CTP card failed. Check the IP addresses, the
Ethernet local area network (LAN) physical connection between the director and
HAFM server, and other network connection conditions.
•
Link Timeout—The network connection that was established between the
director and server has been lost. Check the IP addresses, the Ethernet LAN
physical connection between the director and HAFM server, IP addresses, and
other network components.
•
Protocol Mismatch—The director and the server are not at compatible software
release levels. Update the HAFM application software version.
