FW 07.00.00/HAFM SW 08.06.00 McDATA Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual (620-000171-010, April 2005)

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McDATA Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual
Table 4-1
Port Operational States
Port
State
Blue/Green
LED
Amber
LED
Alert
Symbol
Description
Inactive On Off Yellow Triangle The port is inactive. The reason appears in the Reason field at
the Port Properties dialog box.
Not
Installed
Off Off None An optical transceiver is not installed in the switch port.
Not
Operational
Off Off Yellow Triangle The port is receiving the not operational sequence (NOS) from
an attached device.
Offline Off
Off
Off
Off
None
Yellow Triangle
The port is blocked and transmitting the offline sequence
(OLS) to the attached device.
The port is unblocked and receiving the OLS, indicating the
attached device is offline.
Online On or
Blinking
Off None An attached device is connected to the switch and ready to
communicate, or is communicating through the switch with
other attached devices.
If the port remains online at 1.0625 Gbps, the blue/green LED
illuminates green. If the port remains online at 2.125 Gbps, the
blue/green LED illuminates blue.
At the switch, the blue/green LED blinks green when there is
Fibre Channel traffic through the port at 1.0625 Gbps. At the
switch, the blue/green LED blinks blue when there is Fibre
Channel traffic through the port at 12.125 Gbps.
Beaconing Off, On, or
Blinking
Blinking Yellow Triangle The port is beaconing. The amber port LED blinks once every
two seconds to enable users to locate the port.
Invalid
Attachment
On Off Yellow Triangle The port has an invalid attachment. The reason appears in the
Reason field at the Port Properties dialog box.
Link
Incident
Off Off Yellow Triangle A link incident occurred. The alert symbol appears at the
Hardware View and Port List View.
Link Reset Off Off Yellow Triangle The switch and attached device are performing a link reset
operation to recover the link connection. This is a transient
state that should not persist.
No Light Off Off None No signal (light) is received at the switch port. This is a normal
condition when there is no cable attached to the port or when
the attached device is powered off.
Port Failure Off On Red and Yellow
Blinking Diamond
The port failed and requires service.