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Switch Faceplate Display (Port Display/Loop Devices) (Default)
SANbox-8/16 Switch Management
User’s Manual 59010-06 Rev. A SANsurfer Switch Management
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Table 2-3 Loop Display Field Descriptions
Field Description
Device The Device field displays an icon symbolizing the device on the loop
(Public or Private)
## The device identifier number for the SANsurfer application. This will help
the user determine when the maximum number of devices for this loop
has been reached.
Address
The Address is the 24-bit Physical Address of the device. Nodes
connected to a Fibre Channel Fabric address each other, and the Switch,
using the Physical Address of the fabric port to-which they are
connected. The Physical Address is composed (left-to-right) of a four-bit
Fabric ID, a six-bit Chassis Number, a six-bit port address within the
chassis, and an eight-bit Arbitrated Loop Port Address (AL_PA).
Arbitrated Loop ports use the AL_PA to describe the physical address of
each port within the loop.
Port &
Node WWN
This field identifies the World Wide Name of the device connected to the
selected port. The Worldwide name is a 64-bit address composed of the
48-bit MAC address and a 16-bit NAA address.
This field identifies the World Wide Name of the host node of the device
connected to the selected port. The Worldwide name is a 64-bit address
composed of the 48-bit MAC address and a 16-bit NAA address.
Vendor
This field contains the name of the manufacturer or the loop device.
Type
This field identifies the FC4 type of the device.
Status
This field indicates whether or not each device on the loop is Logged In,
On Loop, or Bypass.
Logged In indicates that the AL_PA address exists for the device
and the device is logged into the fabric.
On Loop indicates that the AL_PA address exists for the device but
the device is not logged into the fabric.
Bypass indicates that an active AL_PA address does not exist for a
device where one previously existed.