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114 Sun Storage Fibre Channel Switch 5802 QuickTools User Guide • September 2008
Port Operational States
To view the operational state on each port in the faceplate display, open the View
menu and select View Port States.
TABLE 4-4 describes the operational states.
Port Administrative States
The port administrative state determines the operational state of a port. The port
administrative state has two forms: the configured administrative state and the
current administrative state.
■ Configured administrative state — the state that is saved in the switch
configuration and is preserved across switch resets. QuickTools always makes
changes to the configured administrative state.
■ Current administrative state — the state that is applied to the port for temporary
purposes and is not preserved across switch resets. The current administrative
state is set with the Set Port command using the command line interface.
TABLE 4-5 describes the port administrative states. To change port administrative
state, do the following:
1. Select one or more ports in the faceplate display.
2. Open the Port menu and select Port Properties to open the Port Properties
dialog.
3. Select the Port State option from the drop-down list.
TABLE 4-4 Port Operational States
State Description
Online — port is active and ready to send data.
None Inactive — port operational state is offline, but administrative state is online.
Isolated — E_Port has lost its connection. Refer to
TABLE 4-1 for information
about why the E_Port has isolated.
Offline — port is active, can receive signal, but cannot accept a device login.
Diagnostics — port is in diagnostics mode in preparation for testing
Downed — the port is disabled, power is removed from the lasers, and can’t be
logged in.