Connectrix: Card is offline

Summary: Ports 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. 

There is a known defect on 9.2.X causing this. hareboot / hafailover is needed. 

Related brocade case 2224635

Cause

Known 9.2 defect. 

FOS-846314 SfpShow indicating "Media not installed" and switchShow showing a port state of "Mod_Val"

Its documented in the FOS 9.2 Release Notes

Resolution

hareboot / hafailover fixes the problem

Affected Products

Connectrix, Connectrix B-Series Fabric OS 9.X, Connectrix B-Series Hardware
Article Properties
Article Number: 000327719
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 28 Oct 2025
Version:  1
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