Recording Critical Brocade Dcx And San Information - Brocade Communications Systems DCX Backbone Hardware Installation Manual

Removal and replacement of the Brocade DCX chassis
• Bent or damaged connectors on the backplane (the surface inside the chassis to which the blades connect).
• One or more components (such as a power supply, blower assembly, port blade, control processor blade (CP8), core switch
blade (CR8), or WWN card) do not function properly even after the component was replaced.
• The psShow or fanShow commands continue to show a faulty component even though the component was replaced.
• The slotShow command continues to show a faulty control processor (CP8), core switch (CR8), or port blade even though the
blade was replaced.

Recording critical Brocade DCX and SAN information

All commands must be entered from a CLI session (Telnet or serial) to the active CP blade unless otherwise indicated.
NOTE
Run supportShow , which includes most of the information in the following table and more. The customer should record the
location of the .txt files, which are created by the customer in this procedure and are not called out in the supportShow results.
For detailed information about Fabric OS commands, refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual . Use a checklist to ensure
that all required information is recorded.
TABLE 15 Critical information checklist
Checked?
Configuration information
SAN profile
Output from supportshow command
Output from licenseshow command
Information about the new chassis
1. Open a Telnet session and log in to the Brocade DCX as admin. The default password is password. Enable the logging function
on your Telnet or serial console connection.
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Data
Location of "config-switch.txt" file
Location of "config-miscinfo.txt" file
IP address, subnet mask
WWN for Brocade DCX
Location of "SANbefor.txt" file
Notes regarding nsshow output
Notes regarding nsallshow output
Notes regarding switchshow output
Notes regarding fabricshow output
Location of "spptshow.txt" file
Notes regarding supportshow output
License keys and other licensing data for
licensed products enabled on device.
New factory serial number
New serial number (if available)
Notes
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