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McDATA Sphereon™ 4500 Fabric Switch Product Manager User Manual
Monitoring and Managing the Switch
Port Diagnostics
Click this option to display the Port Diagnostics dialog box. Use this
dialog box to run an internal loopback and external loopback test on
the port. The Port Diagnostics option enables you to run internal and
external loopback tests on any port. To use this option, follow the
detailed steps in the McDATA Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch Installation
and Service Manual (620-000159).
Clear Link Incident Alert(s)
Click this to clear the attention indicator on the Hardware View, the
Port List View, and the Performance View. In addition, the procedure
clears the alert description in Port Properties dialog boxes. If there are
no link incident alerts set for a port, no actions occur. Although you
can manually clear link incidents, they may also be cleared by actions
outside of the user interface, such as when rebooting the EFC Server.
Reset Port
Click to display a confirmation dialog box. Click Yes on that dialog
box to reset the port. If a switch is attached to the port and online, this
operation sends a link reset to the attached switch, otherwise this
action disables port beaconing for the port. If the port is in a failed
state, such as after failing a loopback test, the reset restores the port to
an operational state, clearing the service required (amber) LED. The
reset does not affect other ports in the switch.
Port Binding
Click to display the Port Binding dialog box (Figure 2-9). Use this
dialog box to allow a device with a specific WWN or nickname to
have exclusive connection to a port. To use this dialog box, refer to
the following paragraphs.
Figure 2-9 Port Binding Dialog Box
Port Binding dialog box parameters: