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Chapter 4 Managing Ports 105
FIGURE 4-2 Port Information Data Window Buttons
The Port Information data window entries are listed below in TABLE 4-1.
TABLE 4-1 Port Information Data Window Entries
Entry Description
Summary Group
Port Address Port Fibre Channel address.
Administrative Port Type The administrative port type (G, GL, F, FL, or
Donor). This value is persistent; it will be
maintained during a switch reset. During port
auto-configuration, it will be used to
determine which operational port states are
allowed.
Operational Port Type The port type that is currently active. This will
be set during port auto-configuration based
on the administrative port type.
Administrative Port State The port state (Online, Offline, Diagnostics, or
Down) which has been set by the user. This
state may be different from the configured
administrative state if the user has not saved it
in the switch configuration. This state is used
at the time it is set to try to set the port
operational state. This value is not persistent
and will be lost on a switch reset.
Operational Port State The port state that is currently active. This
value may be different from the
administrative port state, for example due to
an error condition.