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Director Element Manager user guide 85
Inactive Off Off Yellow
Triangle
The switch port is inactive. Reasons for this state
display in the Reason field of the Port Properties
dialog box.
Note that if port optics have also failed, the
amber LED will be on.
Invalid
Attachment
On Off Yellow
Triangle
The reasons for this state display in the Reason
field of the Port Properties dialog box.
Link Incident Off Off Yellow
Triangle
A link incident occurred on the port. The status
symbol is displayed in the Port List view, Port
Card view, and Hardware view.
Link Reset Off Off Yellow
Triangle
The director and the attached device are
performing a link reset operation to recover the
link connection. Ordinarily, this is a transient
state that should not persist.
No Light Off Off None No signal (light) is being received on the
director port. This is a normal condition when
there is no cable plugged into the port or when
the power of the device attached to the other
end of the link is off.
Not Installed Off Off None The port optics are not installed or the feature
that provides additional port function is not
enabled.
Not
Operational
Off Off Yellow
Triangle
The director port is receiving the Fibre Channel
not operational sequence (NOS), indicating
that the attached device is not operational.
Online On Off None The attached device has successfully connected
to the director and is ready to communicate or
is in the process of communicating with other
attached devices. As long as the port remains
on line, the green port LED remains illuminated.
Note that on the actual port in the unit, the
green LED blinks when there is active Fibre
Channel traffic through the port.
Table 5 Port states and indicators (continued)
Port Indicators
Port State Green Amber Alert
indicator
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Description