Port Database
Port Database is available on the SANcentral Tools menu. The Port Database discovers the Fibre Channel and iSCSI ports seen by all the storage servers in the network and provides information and the status of each port. (You can also access Fibre Channel information through the Fibre-Channel Manager and iSCSI information through iSCSI Manager.)
The left pane displays all configured storage servers and their associated ports in the region. Select a storage server port in the left pane, and all the ports visible to that port appear in the right pane, along with pertinent information.
To open the Port Database Help, click Help>Port Database Help in the menu bar.
The table below describes more information, where appropriate, which may be helpful in troubleshooting the components.
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Column |
Description |
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Channel |
Channel alias for the ports as seen by the selected port. |
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Mode |
SCSI mode. I = initiator, T/I = target/initiator, T = target, D = default. |
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Status |
Logged in = ports have completed the log in exchange, Logged out = port is logically not connected, Present = discovered but not logged in, Not Present = port that was previously discovered is not being reported. |
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Port Name |
WWN of the port. |
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Loop ID |
FC-AL Loop ID of the channel. |
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Port ID |
Hexadecimal number identifying the port on the fabric. |
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Description |
SDS, Client(?), Disk(?), Switch(?) Note: (?) means that the tool is guessing based on mode. |