director product manager user guide
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Monitoring and Managing the Director
— Beaconing
— Link Reset
— Not Operational
— Not Installed
— Invalid Attachment
— Port Failure
— Segmented E_Port
— Link Incident
— Testing
— Inactive.
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Type—The type of port. F_Port displays if an N_Port is attached. E_Port displays
if another E_Port is attached. G_Port displays if the port can function as either an
F_Port or an E_Port, but nothing is currently attached.
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Alert—This column displays a yellow triangle if a link incident occurs on the port
or if the port's LED is beaconing. Blinking red and yellow diamonds display for
port failures or for ports requiring service. Double-click on the row to display the
reason for the status in the Port Properties dialog box.
Double-click a row to choose it, highlight it, and display the Port Properties dialog
box. For an explanation of the fields on the Port Properties dialog box, refer to
“
Displaying Port Information
” on
page 2–16
.
Menu Options
Right-click a row to choose it, highlight it, and display a menu with the following
port-related action options. These are the same menu options that display when you
right-click a port in the Port Card View and a port’s bar graph in the Performance
View. You can also click a port or bar graph in the preceding views and choose the
Port option from the Product menu on the menu bar. Refer to “
Port Menu
” on
page 2–21
for an explanation of these pop-up menu options.
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Port Properties
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Node Properties
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Port Technology
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Block Port
