Managing Physical Attributes for a Port

To configure beacon mode and monitor physical attributes for ports from the Fabric Manager, choose Physical Interfaces from the menu tree and click the Physical tab.

To configure beacon mode and monitor physical attributes for ports from the Device Manager, choose the type of port from the Interface menu and click the Physical tab.

The Information pane in Fabric Manager displays attributes for multiple switches. The dialog box from Device Manager displays attributes for a single switch.

To enable or disable beacon mode, check the BeaconMode check box. When beacon mode is enabled, an interface LED flashes to identify the interface.