Disabling Post; Enabling Post; Switch Status; Viewing The Overall Status Of The Switch - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B Troubleshooting Manual

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Disabling POST

A reboot is not required for this command to take effect.
1. Connect to the switch and log in with a user account that has admin privileges with the
2. Enter the diagDisablePost command.

Enabling POST

A reboot is not required for this command to take effect.
1. Connect to the switch and log in with a user account that has admin privileges with the
2. Enter the diagEnablePost command to enable POST with rebooting the switch.

Switch status

Use the switchStatusShow command to display the overall status of the switch, including its power
supplies, fans, and temperature. If the status of any one of these components is either marginal or
down, the overall status of the switch is also displayed as marginal or down. If all components have
a healthy status, the switch displays a healthy status.
To modify the rules used to classify the health of each component use the switchStatusPolicySet
command. To view the rules, use the switchStatusPolicyShow command.

Viewing the overall status of the switch

1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter the switchStatusShow command:
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Switch status

chassis-role permission.
This disables POST1 and POST2.
chassis-role permission.
switch:admin> diagenablepost
Config update Succeeded
Diagnostic POST is now enabled.
ecp:admin> switchstatusshow
Switch Health Report
Switch Name: brcdDCXbb
IP address:192.168.234.63
SwitchState:DOWN
Duration:00:37
Power supplies monitorDOWN
Temperatures monitor
Fans monitor
WWN servers monitor
Standby CP monitor
Blades monitor
Core Blades monitorHEALTHY
Flash monitor
Marginal ports monitorHEALTHY
Report time: 02/20/2008 06:02:51 PM
HEALTHY
DOWN
HEALTHY
HEALTHY
HEALTHY
HEALTHY
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