The I/O Ports tab displays the port icons according to status of the ports. For example, an available port and an used port are represented by two different port icons. Icons display the status of Dedicated ports, Shared ports and Boot path ports.
Note:
Dedicated port: Can be used by only one partition at a time.
Shared port: Can be logically be assigned multiple times.
Boot path port: Primary boot path that connects to external boot volume.
The following table provides information about the various port icons and the status that they represent:
Icon | Description |
|---|---|
 | Dedicated port, available to be assigned to this partition. |
 | Dedicated port, used by another partition. Cannot be assigned to this partition. |
 | Dedicated port, selected but yet to be assigned to this partition. |
 | Dedicated port, already in use by this partition. |
 | Dedicated port, selected to disable, not yet disabled. Has an allotted VBDF number, but is unused by this partition. Can be used later by this partition or by other partitions. |
 | Dedicated port, disabled by this partition. Has an allotted VBDF number, but is unused by this partition. Can be used later by this partition or by other partitions. |
 | Dedicated port, used previously by this partition and later released. Encountered conflict on attempt to re-use, if currently used by other partition. |
 | Dedicated port, selected to release, but not yet released for this partition. |
 | Dedicated port, status is unknown. |
 | Shared port, with available logical ports. Details displayed on hover or click on icon. |
 | Shared port, with no available logical ports. All are used by other partitions. |
 | Shared port, multiple logical ports selected to be assigned to this partition. |
 | Shared port, all logical ports already in use by this partition. |
 | Shared port, where one or more logical ports previously used by this partition and later released. Encountered conflict on attempt to re-use, if at least one port is currently used by other partition. |
 | Boot path port, connecting to external boot volume, already in use by this partition. |
 | Boot path port, connecting to external boot volume is disabled. |
 | Boot path port, previously connecting to external boot volume for this partition, but later released. Encountered conflict on attempt to re-use if currently used by other partition. |