Brocade switch port is offline and in “Hard_Flt” state

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Category:: fabric-interconnect-and-management-switches

Specialty:: brocade

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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