About HBA link status on the NetBackup
Appliance Shell Menu
The HBA link status on a Fibre Chanel (FC) HBA port shows the current FC link
status on the port. By monitoring the link status, you can know whether a port is
correctly connected or whether it is ready for work.
To monitor the HBA link status, run the Main > Manage > FibreChannel > Show
[Ports] command from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu. The output shows
the link status of all the HBA ports.
The following list shows the possible status of a port in the standard initiator mode:
■ Online
■ The initiator port is connected to an FC switch.
■ The initiator port is directly connected to a target port for SAN Client Fibre
Transport media server (FTMS).
■ Offline
The initiator port is connected to an FC switch but the negotiation has failed.
■ Linkdown
The initiator port has no FC connection
The following list shows the possible link status of a port in target mode for SAN
Client FTMS:
■ Fabric
The target port is connected to an FC switch with an active FC zone.
■ Disconnected
■ The target port is connected to an FC switch but the FC zone is not active.
■ The target port is connected to another target port for SAN Client FTMS
through an FC switch.
Note: : If two target ports for SAN Client FTMS are connected through an
FC switch, you can find that one port shows Disconnected, and the other
shows Loop.
■ Loop
The target port is connected to another target port for SAN Client FTMS through
an FC switch.
■ Ptp
56Zoning the FC SAN
About HBA link status on the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
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