READ OPTICAL POWER LINK SERVICE FOR LINK HEALTH DIAGNOSTICS

A method is provided for monitoring a state of an optical link in a Fibre Channel infrastructure and includes sending an Extended Link Service (ELS) request to read an optical power of the optical link, and diagnosing a degradation of the optical link, based on a response to the ELS request.

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Hauptverfasser:	HIGGS RAYMOND MICHAEL, RICCI LOUIS WILLIAM, KUCH GEORGE PETER, HATHORN ROGER G
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRICITY INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES MEASURING PHYSICS TESTING TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES ORSTRUCTURES TESTING STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR TRANSMISSION TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Zusammenfassung:	A method is provided for monitoring a state of an optical link in a Fibre Channel infrastructure and includes sending an Extended Link Service (ELS) request to read an optical power of the optical link, and diagnosing a degradation of the optical link, based on a response to the ELS request.