You can use the command-line interface (CLI) to check the status of the Fibre Channel ports.
lsportfc
The following output shows what is displayed when you issue the lsnodecanister -delim : nodename command:
id fc_io_port_id port_id type port_speed node_id node_name WWPN nportid status attachment cluster_use adapter_location adapter_port_id 0 1 1 fc 8Gb 1 node1 500507680140BADD 0E2411 active switch local_partner 1 1 1 2 2 fc 8Gb 1 node1 500507680130BADD 0E2412 active switch local_partner 1 2 2 3 3 fc N/A 1 node1 500507680110BADD 000000 inactive_unconfigured none partner 1 3 3 4 4 fc N/A 1 node1 500507680120BADD 000000 inactive_unconfigured none none 1 4 4 5 3 ethernet 10Gb 1 node1 500507680150BADD 0E2413 active switch local 2 1 5 6 4 ethernet 10Gb 1 node1 500507680160BADD 0E2414 inactive_configured switch local 2 2 6 1 1 fc N/A 2 node2 500507680140BADE 000000 inactive_unconfigured none local_partner 2 3 7 2 2 fc N/A 2 node2 500507680130BADE 000000 inactive_unconfigured none local_partner 2 4 8 3 3 fc N/A 2 node2 500507680110BADE 000000 inactive_unconfigured none partner 3 1 9 4 4 fc N/A 2 node2 500507680120BADE 0E2414 active switch none 3 2 10 5 3 ethernet 10Gb 2 node2 500507680150BADE 0E2415 active switch local 3 3 11 6 4 ethernet 10Gb 2 node2 500507680160BADE 0E2416 active switch local 3 4
The previous example shows information for the named node canister on line two. You can see the port ID and the status of the port in the last eight lines of the example. In this example, the last eight lines show a port status of active. You might also see the following statuses: not installed, failed, or inactive.