Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Fibre Channel Guide
- About NetBackup Fibre Transport and SAN Client
- About optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication over FC
- About backup to tape support
- VMware support
- Supported Fibre Channel features on NetBackup appliances
- NetBackup Appliance rear panel configurations
- About the HBA port mode configuration
- Supported Fibre Channel port configuration for the NetBackup 5240 appliances
- Supported Fibre Channel configurations for the NetBackup 5250 appliance
- Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 53xx appliances
- About the factory default port mode configuration
- Default port mode configuration for FTMS/MSDP
- Zoning the FC SAN
- About the Fibre Transport page on the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
- Configuring Fibre Transport on the appliance
- Configuring Fibre Transport settings
- About Fibre Transport media server verification
- Guidelines for changing NetBackup appliance FT target ports to receive data streams from multiple SAN Client FC initiator ports
- How to configure Fibre Transport for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication over FC
- Index
About HBA link status on the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
The HBA link status on a Fibre Chanel (FC) HBA port shows the current FC link status on the port. By monitoring the link status, you can know whether a port is correctly connected or whether it is ready for work.
To monitor the HBA link status, run the Main > Manage > FibreChannel > Show [Ports] command from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu. The output shows the link status of all the HBA ports.
The following list shows the possible status of a port in the standard initiator mode:
Online
The initiator port is connected to an FC switch.
The initiator port is directly connected to a target port for SAN Client Fibre Transport media server (FTMS).
Offline
The initiator port is connected to an FC switch but the negotiation has failed.
Linkdown
The initiator port has no FC connection
The following list shows the possible link status of a port working in the target mode:
Online
The target port is connected to an FC switch.
Offline
The target port is connected to an FC switch but the negotiation has failed.
Linkdown
The target port has no FC connection.
Unknown
This is a transitional state when configuring a FTMS target port.
Note:
When a port is configured as a FTMS target port, the port enters into the Unknown state first. It may take up to 50 minutes for the Unknown state to become Online. For more information, refer to Tech Note 100043291.
Diagnostics
This is a transitional state when configuring a FTMS target port.
To monitor the link status of the ports that are used to duplicate data between two 52xx or 53xx appliances, you can also use the NetBackup Appliance Web Console. The Settings > Network > FibreTransport page displays a simplified status of up or down for those ports.
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