Figure 5 front-end director blade, Fibre Channel and iSCSI
Item
Name Color Description
1 Blade
Status
Dark (off)
Red (on)
OFF - Power is not supplied to the system; system is not operational.
ON - Board failure. Blade can be replaced while system is running.
2 Power
supply
Status
Dark (off)
Amber (on)
OFF - Power is not supplied to the system, or, if power is supplied to the system,
power supply in this blade is operational.
ON - Power supply failure, abnormal voltage in power supply.
3 Port
Status
(Fibre
Channel)
Dark (off)
Green (on)
OFF - If system power is off, port is not ready.
OFF - If system power is on, port is ready.
ON - Link is active.
4 Link
Activity
(Fibre
Channel)
Dark (off)
Green (on)
OFF - No link activity; three possible reasons: power is off, initialization not
completed, and if system is operational, the port is not being accessed.
ON (steady) Link is available & initialization complete, but connection to the host
has not been established.
Blinking - when port is being accessed and data is being transferred between
the host and the cache.
3 Port
Status
(FICON)
Dark (off)
Green (on)
OFF - If system power is off, port is not ready.
ON - Link is available & initialization has completed, but connection to the host
has not been established.
ON - Link is active.
4 Link
Activity
(FICON)
Dark (off)
Amber (on)
OFF - No link activity; three possible reasons: power is off, initialization not
completed, and if system is operational, the port is not being accessed.
ON (fast blink) - when port is being accessed and data is being transferred
between the host and the cache.
Supported connections and protocols
Ports
Hitachi Data Systems offers a variety of FED blades. Some blades contain
four ports while others have eight ports. Each port contains a host connector
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