The system supports dual-port and quad-port fibre channel adapters and the status is
shown by the
indicators.
Figure 1. Fibre Channel ports and indicators
1 Fibre Channel port (4-port card)
2 Link-state LED (one for each port)
3 Speed-state LED (one for each port)
The following table lists the possible
link status values for the Fibre Channel LEDs. Most Fibre Channel cards
have LED status values as shown in Table 1. The native dual-port
64 Gbps Fibre Channel adapter has LED status values as shown in Table 2.
Table 1. Link status values for Fibre Channel adapter LEDs
Green LED
Amber LED
Meaning
Off
Off
One of the following situations is in effect:
The port is not configured.
The port is not active.
Off
On
The port is configured, but the link is not detected at the transport layer. This situation
is the result of the port not being connected or of a failed link negotiation with the
switch.
On
Off
The link is up and running at the expected port speed. This display does not imply logical
connectivity, that is completion of FLOGI or FIP.
On
On
The link is up but running at a degraded speed.
Table 2. Link status values
for native dual-port 64 Gbps Fibre Channel adapter LEDs
