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Reboot, Switch Name, Worldwide Name, Firmware Version, Current Date, Booted At, Firmware Date

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Rebooting the switch causes it to immediately exit all current processes and states, and start the POST process. Exercise caution using the reboot command on a switch connected to the fabric. Pressing while the Reboot message is selected displays Yes or No. Clicking Yes causes the switch to immediately reboot. Clicking No or pressing exits this function. You can retrieve information on the switch using the Status Menu. This menu is informational only; you cannot make changes to the switch's status from this menu. Pressing , while Switch Name is selected displays the switch name. An example switch name might be . Pressing , while Worldwide Name is selected displays the switch's world wide name. An example switch name might be .The switch's world wide name is a unique identifier for each switch and it is assigned by the manu- facturer. A numbering scheme administered globally assures that this world wide name is unique. Pressing while Firmware Version is selected displays the version of firm- ware installed. An example firmware version name might be , indicating firmware version 1.4. Pressing while Current Date is selected displays the switch's current date. An example date might be . Pressing while Booted At is selected displays the switch's boot time. An example boot time might be . Pressing while Firmware Date is selected displays the date of the switch's firmware. The firmware date reflects the date code of the current executing firmware on the CPU. Flash Date reflects the firmware date in flash memory. These dates may not match if the flash memory has been updated with new firmware but the switch has not yet been rebooted. When the switch is rebooted, the flash code becomes the executing CPU code, both dates match. An example firmware date might be . 3-14 Installation and Troubleshooting Guide

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Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
Rebooting the switch causes it to immediately exit all current processes and states,
and start the POST process. Exercise caution using the reboot command on a switch
connected to the fabric.
Pressing <Enter> while the
Reboot
message is selected displays
Yes
or
No
.
Clicking
Yes
causes the switch to immediately reboot. Clicking
No
or pressing <Tab>
exits this function.
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You can retrieve information on the switch using the Status Menu. This menu is infor-
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Switch Name
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Worldwide Name
is selected displays the switch
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s world
wide name. An example switch name might be
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world wide name is a unique identifier for each switch and it is assigned by the manu-
facturer. A numbering scheme administered globally assures that this world wide
name is unique.
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Firmware Version
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ware installed. An example firmware version name might be
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, indicating
firmware version 1.4.
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Current Date
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s current date.
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Pressing <Enter> while
Booted At
is selected displays the switch
’
s boot time. An
example boot time might be
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.
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Pressing <Enter> while
Firmware Date
is selected displays the date of the switch
’
s
firmware. The firmware date reflects the date code of the current executing firmware
on the CPU. Flash Date reflects the firmware date in flash memory. These dates may
not match if the flash memory has been updated with new firmware but the switch
has not yet been rebooted. When the switch is rebooted, the flash code becomes the
executing CPU code, both dates match.
An example firmware date might be
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.