director product manager user guide
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Monitoring and Managing the Director
Port Card Menu
While in the Port Card View, right-click on the card away from a port connector to
display a menu of port card functions.
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Block All Ports—Choose this option to display the Block All Ports dialog box.
Click Yes to block all ports on the selected card or No to cancel.
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Unblock All Ports—Choose this option to display the Unblock All Ports dialog
box. Click Yes to unblock all ports on the selected card or click No to cancel.
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Diagnostics—Choose this option to display the Port Diagnostics dialog box. Use
this dialog box to run internal loopback and external loopback tests on any port or
all ports on the port card. Refer to the hp StorageWorks director 2/64 service
manual for instructions on using these diagnostics.
Port Menu
While in the Port Card View, right-click on any port to display the following menu
options:
Port Properties
Click this to display the Port Properties dialog box. This dialog box displays
information about the port. See “
Displaying Port Information
” on
page 2–16
for more
information.
Node Properties
Click this to display the Node Properties dialog box. Note that if a node is not logged
into the port, a message displays indicating that node information is not available. For
details on information that displays in this dialog box, refer to “
Displaying Node
Properties
” on
page 2–33
.
Port Technology
Click this to display the Port Technology dialog box. This dialog box displays the
following information:
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Port number.
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Connector type—Always LC.
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Transceiver type—Longwave laser LC or shortwave laser LC.