Figure 11 Port Status Offline; Figure 12 Sansurfer Switch Faceplate - IBM 8832 Deployment Manual

3. Enter admin mode by entering "admin start"
4. Disable the target port by entering the command "set port x state offline" where x is the
number of the port. For this example, we used "4"
5. Confirm the status by entering "show port"again.
QLogic: USERID> admin start
QLogic (admin): USERID> set port 4 state offline
QLogic (admin): USERID> show port
Admin
Port State
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Ext1:0 Online
Ext2:15 Online
Bay1 Online
Bay2 Online
Bay3 Online
Bay4 Offline
Bay5 Online
Bay6 Online
Figure 10 Port Status Offline
2.4.2.2 Using SANSurfer GUI
1. Start the SANSurfer GUI. If the fabric has not already been discovered, click Fabric-Add Fabric
and enter the IP address of the target QLogic switch in the window that will pop up - That should
open SAN Browser.
2. Click the handle in the left pane to drop down the switch - highlight it and the faceplate will appear
in the right pane.
Figure 11 SANSurfer Switch Faceplate
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State Status
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Online LoggedIn
Offline NotLoggedIn GL
Online LoggedIn
Offline NotLoggedIn F
Offline NotLoggedIn F
Offline NotLoggedIn F
Offline NotLoggedIn F
Offline NotLoggedIn F
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Type Type State
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GL F Active
Unknown Inactive Auto
F F Active
Unknown Inactive 2Gb/s
Unknown Inactive 2Gb/s
Unknown Inactive 2Gb/s
Unknown Inactive 2Gb/s
Unknown Inactive 2Gb/s
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Speed
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1Gb/s
2Gb/s