Chapter 1. IBM Flex System FC3171 8 Gb SAN Switch - QLogic

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 22 lists the possible operational states and
their meanings.
Table 22. 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. See Table 20 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.
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.
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