Connectrix: Card is offline

Summary: Ports in the card are stuck on MOD_Val.

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Symptoms

Ports in a card are stuck on MOD_VAL.

Disabling and enabling the port does not work. 

This issue is related to Brocade case 2224635.
There is a known defect in 9.2.X causing this issue. A hareboot/hafailover is required. 

Cause

Known 9.2 defect
FOS-846314 SfpShow indicating Media not installed and switchShow showing a port state of Mod_Val is documented in the FOS 9.2 Release Notes.

Resolution

A hareboot/hafailover addresses the issue.

Affected Products

Connectrix, Connectrix B-Series Fabric OS 9.X, Connectrix B-Series Hardware
Article Properties
Article Number: 000327719
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 30 Jan 2026
Version:  2
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