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McDATA Sphereon 4400 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual
Repair Information
• Type - Port type (GX_Port, FX_Port, G_Port, F_Port, or E_Port).
• Operating Speed - Operating speed (Not Established, 1 Gbps,
2 Gbps, or 4 Gbps).
• Alert - If link incident (LIN) alerts are configured, a yellow
triangle appears in the column when a link incident occurs. A
yellow triangle also appears if beaconing is enabled. A red and
yellow diamond appears if the port fails.
Performance View The Element Manager application provides access to port statistics
information through the Performance View. To open this view, click
the Performance tab at any other view.
Bar graphs at the top of the view display instantaneous transmit or
receive activity level for each port. The relative value displayed is the
greater of the transmit or receive activity. Each graph has 20
green-bar level indicators corresponding to 5% of maximum port
throughput. If any activity is detected, at least one green bar appears.
A red indicator on each bar graph (high-water mark) remains at the
highest level reached since the port was set online. In addition, the
following statistical information appears:
Table 4-7 Statistical Information in Performance View
Statistics Class Description
Class 2 Number of
• 4-byte words transmitted and received
• Class 2 frames transmitted, received, busied or
rejected
Class 3 Number of
• 4-byte words transmitted and received
• Class 3 frames transmitted, received, busied or
rejected
Error Number of:
• Link Failures
• Synchronization and signal losses
• Discarded frames
• Invalid transmission words
•CRC
• Delimiter
• Address identification errors
• Short frames