Brocade switch port is offline and in “Hard_Flt” state
Applies to
Brocade SAN Switches
Issue
- Switch port shows as 'Hard_Flt' in switchshow output:
Index Slot Port Address Media Speed State Proto
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173 7 45 01ad00 id N32 Hard_Flt FC
- Switch port has TX as -inf with (0.0 uW) value.
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Slot 7/Port 45:
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Identifier: 3 SFP
Connector: 7 LC
Transceiver: 6804406000000000 8,16,32_Gbps M5 sw Inter,Short_dist
Encoding: 6 64B66B
Baud Rate: 280 (units 100 megabaud)
Vendor Name: BROCADE
Vendor OUI: 00:05:1e
Vendor PN: 57-1000333-01
Temperature: 57 Centigrade
Current: 0.000 mAmps
Voltage: 3298.0 mVolts
RX Power: -0.8 dBm (837.8uW)
TX Power: -inf dBm (0.0 uW)
- portshow output of the affected port reports 'offline' status with 'portphys' status as "Hard_Flt"
portshow 173
portDisableReason: None
portCFlags: 0x1
portFlags: 0x4401 PRESENT U_PORT LED FAULT
LocalSwcFlags: 0x0
portType: 26.0
portState: 2 Offline
Protocol: FC
portPhys: 15 Hard_Flt portScn: 2 Offline
port generation number: 1500
state transition count: 1126