View Controller Port Settings, Fibre Channel Tab

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Displays the Controller Fibre Channel port properties.

Port Information

Controller Name

Identifies the name of the Controller.

Slot

Identifies the Controller HBA slot number.

Port

Identifies the HBA port number.

Status

Identifies the HBA connection status.

Valid states:

Connected
Not connected
Offline

Type

Indicates the type of HBA.

Valid types:

Ethernet
Fibre Channel (FC)
Internet SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) (iSCSI)
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)

Negotiated Speed

Indicates the port transmission speed in Gigabits each second.

Maximum Speed

Indicates the maximum speed of the port.

Fibre Channel Information

Address

Identifies the unique address of the Oracle FS System Controller port on the network.

Topology

Identifies the FC transport topology in use by the ports in the network interface module (NIM) to connect to the storage area network (SAN) employed by the customer.

Valid types:

Fabric: Indicates that the port is an N_Port in a switched fabric (FC‑SW).
Loop: Indicates that the port is an NL_Port in an arbitrated loop (FC‑AL).
Point‑to‑Point: Indicates that the port is an N_Port that is connected to another N_Port, back to back (FC‑P2P).
Public Loop: Indicates that the port is an NL_Port that is connected to a loop in which one port in the loop is an FL_Port in the fabric (FC‑FLA).
Note: The topology used by the Backend SAS Interconnect between the Controllers and the Drive Enclosure is private and not reported.

SFP Information

Status

Identifies the small form-factor pluggable (SFP) device port status.

Valid SFP device states:

Enabled 1 Gb
Enabled 2 Gb
Enabled 4 Gb
Enabled 8 Gb
Enabled 10 Gb
Enabled 16 Gb
No SFP
Incorrect Speed
Read Error
Incorrect Type
Loss of Sync
Other

Connection Type

Identifies the types of SFP transceiver interface devices used for data path traffic between the customer network switches and the Controllers.

Valid SFP interface types:

Copper
Optical
Long Wave Optical
Short Wave Optical

Vendor

Identifies the SFP device manufacturer.

Part Number

Identifies the SFP device part number.

Revision

Identifies the SFP device revision number.