4–Managing Ports
Viewing and Configuring Ports
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The Port Properties dialog box entries are listed in
Table 4-3. Port Properties Dialog Box Entries
State
Description
Port
The current port name
Symbolic Name
To change, click in the text box and enter the new port symbolic
name.
Port WWN
The world wide name of the port.
Operational State
The port state that is currently active. This value may be different
from the administrative port state, for example due to an error
condition.
Configured State
The port state (Online, Offline, Diagnostics, or Down) saved in
the switch configuration, either by the user or at the factory. This
value is persistent; it will be maintained during a switch reset,
and will be used after a reset to set the port operational state.
Operational Speed
The port speed that is currently active.
Configured Speed
The port speed saved in the switch configuration.
Running Type
The port type that is currently active.
Configured Type
The port type saved in the switch configuration. To change, click
in the text box and select an option from the drop-down list.
I/O Stream Guard
The I/O Stream Guard option suppresses the Registered State
Change Notification (RSCN) messages on a port basis. I/O
Stream Guard should be enabled only on ports connected to ini-
tiator devices. To change, click in the text box and select an
option from the drop-down list. The options are:
Enable—suppresses the reception of RSCN messages from
other ports for which I/O Stream Guard is enabled.
Disable—allows free transmission and reception of RSCN
messages.
Auto—suppresses the reception of RSCN messages when
the port is connected to an initiator device with an HBA. The
default is Auto.
Device Scan
The Device Scan feature queries the connected device during
login for FC-4 descriptor information. Disable this option only if
the scan creates a conflict with the connected device.
Select to Propagate
Changes to Entire
Column
To propagate the same change to all selected ports, select the
check box before making a change to a port.
