Service manual
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Repair Procedures - SAN Management Application
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Repair Information
Performing Port
Diagnostics
Fibre Channel port diagnostic information is obtained by:
• Inspecting properties at the Port List View.
• Inspecting statistical information at the Performance View.
• Inspecting parameters at the Port Properties dialog box.
• Inspecting parameters at the Port Technology dialog box.
• Performing an internal or external loopback test.
• Swapping ports.
Port List View The Element Manager application provides access to port diagnostic
information through the Port List View. To open this view, click the
Port List tab at any view (Figure 4-11). A row of information for each
port appears. Each row consists of the following columns:
• Port # - Product port number.
• FC Address - Logical port address (hexadecimal format).
• Name - User-defined name or description for the port.
Figure 4-11 Port List View
• Block Config - Indicates if a port is blocked or unblocked.
• State - Port state (Online, Offline, Not Installed, Inactive, Invalid
Attachment, Link Reset, No Light, Not Operational, Port Failure,
Segmented E_Port, or Tes ti ng ).