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90 Managing ports
Table 18 Port Information data window fields
Field Description
Summary Group
Port Address Port Fibre Channel address.
Administrative Port Type The administrative port type (G, GL, F, FL, TR, or Donor).
This value is persistent; it will be maintained during a switch
reset. During port auto-configuration, it will be used to
determine which operational port states are allowed.
Operational Port Type The port type that is currently active. This will be set during
port auto-configuration based on the administrative port
type.
Administrative Port State The port state (Online, Offline, Diagnostics, or Down) that
has been set by the user. This state may be different from the
configured administrative state if the user has not saved it in
the switch configuration. This state is used at the time it is set
to try to set the port operational state. This value is not
persistent and will be lost on a switch reset.
Operational Port State The port state that is currently active. This value may be
different from the administrative port state; for example, due
to the presence of an error condition.
Configured Administrative
Port State
The port state (Online, Offline, Diagnostics, or Down) which
is saved in the switch configuration, either by the user or at
the factory. This value is persistent; it will be maintained
during a switch reset, and will be used after a reset to set the
port operational state.
Logged In Indicates whether the device connected to the port is logged
in or not.
Port Connection Status E_Port connection status. Status can be None, Connecting,
Connected or Isolated.
Reason for Status Reason why E_Port is isolated.
Administrative Port Speed The port speed requested by the user.
Operational Port Speed The speed actually being used by the port.
Port Speed Supported The speeds supported by the port (1Gb/s, 2 Gb/s, 4 Gb/s,
and 8 Gb/s).
Symbolic Name User-defined name for a port.
Port WWN Port world wide name
POST Status Status from the most recent Power On Self Test
POST Fault Code Fault code from the most recent Power On Self Test
Test Status Status from the most recent port test
Test Fault Code Fault code from the most recent port test
Advanced Group
MFS Mode Multiple Frame Sequence bundling status.
Configured I/O Stream
Guard
Configured RSCN message suppression status. If supported,
status can be enabled, disabled, or automatically
determined by the switch.