FW 08.01.00 McDATA Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual (620-000159-330, November 2005)

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McDATA Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual
Repair Information
Perform Port
Diagnostics
Fibre Channel port diagnostic information is obtained by:
• Inspecting port properties, predictive optics monitoring (POM)
data, or port transceiver technology information at the lower
panel of the Port List View.
• Inspecting statistical information at the Performance View.
• Performing an internal or external loopback test.
Port List View The EFCM Basic Edition interface provides access to port diagnostic
information through the Port List View. To open this view, select Port
List from the Product menu at any view. As an example, the figure
shows POM data in the lower panel (Figure 4-3).
Figure 4-3 Port List View
A row of information for each port appears. Each row consists of the
following columns:
• Port - Product port number.
• Name - User-defined name or description for the port.
• Block Configuration - Indicates if a port is blocked or unblocked.