Qlogic 5800V Series User Manual

6–Managing Ports
Configuring Ports
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Port States
The port administrative state, which determines the operational state of a port has
two forms: configured administrative state and current administrative state.
 Configured administrative state—saved in the switch configuration and
preserved across switch resets. Enterprise Fabric Suite always makes
changes to the configured administrative state.
 Current administrative state—applied to the port for temporary purposes and
not preserved across switch resets. The current administrative state is set
with the Set Port command using the CLI.
The port operational state is the actual port state and not the administrative state
you may have assigned.
To view the operational state of each port in the faceplate display:
1. Select a switch or stack in the fabric tree.
2. On the View menu, click View Port States.
Table 6-10 describes the possible operational states.
TR_Port Transparent router port—enables devices on a remote fabric to be
mapped to devices on the local fabric. TR_Ports do not support online
port diagnostics.
Donor Donor port—enables buffer credits to be used by another port.
Table 6-10. 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 6-2 for informa-
tion about why the E_Port is isolated.
Offline—port is active, can receive signal, but cannot accept a device
login.
Diagnostics—port is in diagnostics mode in preparation for testing.
Table 6-9. Port Types (Continued)
State Description

Qlogic 5800V Series Specifications

General

Brand	Qlogic
Model	5800V Series
Category	Switch
Language	English