Replacing A Cp Blade - IBM SAN512B-6 Installation, Service And User Manual

2. Connect to the device and log in as admin, using a serial console connection.
3. Enter haShow to determine which CP blade is active.
4. Enter all remaining commands from the serial console for the active CP blade,
5. If the active CP blade is faulted, automatic fail over to the standby CP blade
6. If both CP blades are healthy and you want to replace the standby CP blade,
7. If both CP blades are healthy and you want to replace the active CP blade, log
8. Run firmwareShow to note the firmware version of the active CP blade.
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Replacing a CP blade

Use the following procedures in this section to replace CPX6 blades:
v Hot swap procedure. Use this procedure to replace a single CP blade or both CP
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prompted. This command saves the port-to-area addressing mode
configuration files to the folder specified. Be sure to upload the
configuration using the -map option for a FICON-enabled device if
port-bound addressing is used. For more information, refer to the Fabric OS
Command Reference.
Chassis_1:admin> haShow
Local CP (Slot 1, CP1) : Active
Remote CP (Slot 2, CP0) : Standby, Healthy
HA Enabled, Heartbeat Up, HA State Synchronized
unless otherwise indicated. For more information about commands, refer to the
Fabric OS Command Reference.
should have occurred. Perform the following steps:
a. Confirm that the standby CP blade is active using the haShow command.
b. Power off the faulted CP blade by loosening the captive screws on both
ejector handles on the blade using a #1 Phillips screwdriver. This
disconnects power from the blade. The spring-loaded captive screws will
pop out from the slot .63 cm (.25 in.) when fully disengaged.
c. Log into the now active CP blade.
d. Skip to step 8.
If automatic fail over has not occurred, manually fail over the faulty blade by
loosening the captive screws on both ejector handles. As the screws loosen, the
blade fails over and the amber status LED will illuminate. Log into the standby
CP blade, and skip to step 8.
log in to the active CP blade and skip to step 8.
in to the active CP blade and run the following steps:
a. Run the haFailover command to make the standby CP blade the active
blade. The currently active CP blade becomes the standby blade. Wait until
the status LED on the currently active CP blade is no longer illuminated.
b. Confirm the completion of the failover by running the haShow command.
c. Log in to the new active CP blade.
The firmwareshow command will display a warning message if the firmware
versions on the two CP blades are not the same.
WARNING: The local CP and remote CP have different versions
of firmware, please retry firmwaredownload command.
Chassis_1:root>
Run haDisable from the active CP blade to prevent failover or communication
between the CP blades during the replacement.
blades, one at a time, while the device power is on. The device continues to
operate while replacing a blade if the redundant blade is active and failover
does not occur.