User manual

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Hardware View
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Monitoring and Managing the Switch
Port Menu While in the Hardware View, right-click on any port to display the
following menu options.
Port Properties
Click this to display the Port Properties dialog box. This dialog box
displays technical information about the port. See Displaying Port
Information on page 2-8 for more information.
Port Technology
Click this to display the Port Technology dialog box. This dialog box
displays the following information:
•Port number.
• Connector type: Always LC.
• Transceiver type: Longwave laser LC or shortwave laser LC.
• Distance: General distance range for port transmission. This can
be either short to long distances for the longwave laser LC
transceiver or short distances for the shortwave laser LC
transceivers.
• Media: The Fibre Channel mode and optic size. For the longwave
laser LC transceiver, this would be singlemode 9-micron. For the
shortwave laser LC transceiver, this would be multimode
50-micron or 62.5-micron.
• Speed: This will be either 1Gbit per second or 1 Gbit, 2 Gbit per
second.
Block Port
Click to display a check mark and block port transmission If blocked,
a node attached to the port is prevented from logging into the switch
or communicating with other devices attached to switch ports. A
blocked port continuously transmits offline signals (OLS). Click to
remove the check mark and unblock the port. If unblocked, a node
attached to the port can communicate with the switch and
communicate with other nodes attached to the switch.
Enable Beaconing
Click this to make the amber LED by the port blink on the actual
switch and the amber indicator blink for the port in the Hardware
View. This enables users to locate the unit where the port is located.
When a blinking amber LED indicator displays by a port, an attention
indicator ( ) displays below the port's connector in the Hardware
View and on the port’s row in the Port List View.