Switchbeacon - Brocade Communications Systems A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Command Reference Manual

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switchBeacon

Sets switch beaconing mode on or off.

switchbeacon [mode]

Use this command to enable or disable switch beaconing mode. Switch beaconing can be used to

locate a failing unit.

When beaconing mode is turned on, the port LEDs flash amber, left to right and right to left, from

port 0 to the highest port number and back to port 0. The beaconing mode continues until you turn

The beaconing LED pattern continues until you turn it off. Beaconing mode takes over the port

LEDs. Other commands are still executable and functional. The normal flashing LED pattern

(associated with an active, faulty or disabled port for example) is suppressed and only the

beaconing pattern is shown. However, if diagnostic frame-based tests (such as portLoopbackTest)

are executed, two patterns are interleaved. The diagnostic test flickers the LEDs green and the

beaconing mode runs the LEDs amber at the same time.

Use the switchShow command to display the status of beaconing.

The execution of this command is subject to Admin Domain restrictions that may be in place. Refer

to chapter 1, "Understanding Admin Domain Restrictions" and Appendix A, "Command Availability"

for details.

This command has the following operand:

If no operand is specified, the current value is displayed.

To turn beaconing mode on:

To turn beaconing mode off: