6–Managing PortsConfiguring Ports59266-01 B 6-15Port StatesThe port administrative state, which determines the operational state of a port hastwo forms: configured administrative state and current administrative state. Configured administrative state—saved in the switch configuration andpreserved across switch resets. Enterprise Fabric Suite always makeschanges to the configured administrative state. Current administrative state—applied to the port for temporary purposes andnot preserved across switch resets. The current administrative state is setwith the Set Port command using the CLI.The port operational state is the actual port state and not the administrative stateyou 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 bemapped to devices on the local fabric. TR_Ports do not support onlineport diagnostics.Donor Donor port—enables buffer credits to be used by another port.Table 6-10. Port Operational StatesState DescriptionOnline—port is active and ready to send data.None Inactive—port operational state is offline, but administrative state isonline.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 devicelogin.Diagnostics—port is in diagnostics mode in preparation for testing.Table 6-9. Port Types (Continued)State Description
