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Displaying Devices within the Fabric, Checking the Firmware Version, Setting the Switch Date and Time

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Managing the SAN Switch 2/32 7. At the Gateway Address prompt, enter the IP address of the gateway system if applicable. Press Enter. The configuration is then committed to the switch firmware. 8. You are prompted either to make the IP address changes active now or at the next reboot. Enter y at the prompt to have the IP address changes take effect immediately. Displaying Devices within the Fabric To verify that you have fabric-wide connectivity when you install a new switch, display the fabric-wide device count from the newly installed switch. Use these steps to display the fabric. 1. Log in to the switch as the admin user. 2. Issue the nsAllShow command. This command displays all the connected devices in the fabric. Checking the Firmware Version Follow these steps to display the SAN Switch 2/32 firmware version. 1. Log in to the switch as the admin user. 2. Issue the version command. This command displays the Kernel version and Fabric OS release number. Setting the Switch Date and Time All switches maintain current date and time in non-volatile memory. Date and time are used for logging events. Switch operation does not depend on the date and time; a switch with an incorrect date and time value still functions properly. Follow these steps to set the date and time of a switch. 1. Log in to the switch as the admin user. 2. At the command line, issue the following command: date "MMDDhhmmYY" where: - MM is the month; valid values are 01-12. - DD is the date; valid values are 01-31. 62 SAN Switch 2/32 Version 4.2.x Installation Guide

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Managing the SAN Switch 2/32
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SAN Switch 2/32 Version 4.2.x Installation Guide
7.
At the
Gateway Address
prompt, enter the IP address of the gateway
system if applicable. Press
Enter
.
The configuration is then committed to the switch firmware.
8.
You are prompted either to make the IP address changes active now or at the
next reboot. Enter
y
at the prompt to have the IP address changes take effect
immediately.
Displaying Devices within the Fabric
To verify that you have fabric-wide connectivity when you install a new switch,
display the fabric-wide device count from the newly installed switch. Use these
steps to display the fabric.
1.
Log in to the switch as the admin user.
2.
Issue the
nsAllShow
command.
This command displays all the connected devices in the fabric.
Checking the Firmware Version
Follow these steps to display the SAN Switch 2/32 firmware version.
1.
Log in to the switch as the admin user.
2.
Issue the
version
command.
This command displays the Kernel version and Fabric OS release number.
Setting the Switch Date and Time
All switches maintain current date and time in non-volatile memory. Date and
time are used for logging events. Switch operation does not depend on the date
and time; a switch with an incorrect date and time value still functions properly.
Follow these steps to set the date and time of a switch.
1.
Log in to the switch as the admin user.
2.
At the command line, issue the following command:
date "
MMDDhhmmYY
"
where:
—
MM
is the month; valid values are 01–12.
—
DD
is the date; valid values are 01–31.