HP A7533A HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.1 administrator guide (5697-0235, Dece - Page 229
Basic blade management
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Basic blade management The following sections provide procedures for naming a switch, powering a port blade off and on, and disabling and enabling a port blade. Customizing enterprise-class platform names HP recommends that you customize the enterprise-class platform name for each platform. Some system logs identify devices by platform names; if you assign meaningful platform names, logs are more useful. To change the platform name: 1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role. 2. Issue the chassisName with the following syntax: switch:admin> chassisname "newname" where newname is the new name for the enterprise-class platform. Enterprise-class platform names can be from 1 to 15 characters, must begin with a letter, and can contain letters, numbers, or the underscore character. The quotation marks are not required. 3. Record the new platform name for future reference. Powering port blades off and on All blades are powered on by default when the switch chassis is powered on. Blades cannot be powered off when POST or AP initialization is in progress. NOTE: In the DC Director, the core blades in slots 5 and 8 cannot be powered off with the CLI interface. You must manually power off the blades by unseating the blade from its mounting or removing power from chassis. To power off a port blade: 1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin. 2. Issue the slotPowerOff command with the slot number of the port blade you want to power off: switch:admin> slotpoweroff 3 Slot 3 is being powered off switch:admin> To power on a port blade: 1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin. 2. Issue the slotPowerOn command with the slot number of the port blade you want to power on: switch:admin> slotpoweron 3 Powering on slot 3 switch:admin> Disabling and enabling port blades Port blades are enabled by default. In some cases, you will need to disable a port blade to perform diagnostics. When diagnostics are executed manually (from the Fabric OS command line), many commands require the port blade to be disabled. This ensures that diagnostic activity does not interfere with normal fabric traffic. To disable a port blade: 1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin. 2. Issue the bladeDisable command with the slot number of the port blade you want to disable: switch:admin> bladedisable 3 Slot 3 is being disabled Fabric OS 6.1.1 administrator guide 229
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