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Using the Port List View
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Monitoring and Managing the Switch
◆ Operating Speed — The current data speed for the port: 
1Gb/sec, 2 Gb/sec, or Not Established. Not Established appears 
if Negotiate was set for the port through the Configure Ports 
dialog box and the data speed has not been resolved between the 
port and the attached device, or if the port and device are not 
communicating.
◆ Alert — Displays a yellow triangle if a link incident occurs on the 
port or if the port's LED is beaconing. red and yellow diamonds 
appear for port failures or for ports requiring service. 
Double-click the row to display the reason for the alert in the Port 
Properties window.
Displaying Port 
Properties
To display a Port Properties window for a port, double-click the 
port’s row (or right-click the row and click Port Properties on the 
pop-up menu). Refer to Displaying Port Properties on page 4-9 for 
descriptions of the port properties.
Menu Options
Right-click a row to display a pop-up menu with the following 
port-related options. Refer to the pages shown for more information
◆ Port Properties — Refer to Displaying Port Properties on page 4-9.
◆ Node Properties — Refer to Displaying Node Properties on 
page 4-19.
If a node is not logged in, a message indicates that node information is 
not available.
◆ Port Technology — Refer to Port Menu on page 4-14.
◆ Block Port — Refer to Port Menu on page 4-14.
◆ Enable Beaconing — Refer to Port Menu on page 4-14.
◆ Diagnostics — Is used by service personnel to run an internal 
loopback and external loopback test on the port. 
◆ Channel Wrap (S/390 mode only) — Allows a channel wrap test 
to be initiated from an attached host or device. In this test, frames 
are sent to the switch port, then the switch echos the frames to the 
sending device to test the channel. The switch remains in channel 
wrap mode until the option is disabled. While in channel wrap 
mode, the port can accept only echo commands from the host,