Brocade Switch Port is offline with No_Light state
Applies to
- Any version of Fabric OS
- Brocade
Issue
- Portshow of the affected port report offline status "portshow 5"
portshow 5
portDisableReason: None
portCFlags: 0x0
portFlags: 0x21 PRESENT U_PORT DISABLED
LocalSwcFlags: 0x0
portType: 26.0
portState: 2 Offline
Protocol: FC
portPhys: 4 No_Light portScn: 2 Offline
port generation number: 748
state transition count: 11
- At times a switch may report a port status of "No Light".
- On a Brocade switch, the status may look like ths in the switchshow output:
Index Port Address Media Speed State Proto
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5 5 010500 id 4G No_Light FC