Basic Blade Management; Customizing Enterprise-Class Platform Names; Powering Port Blades Off And On; Disabling And Enabling Port Blades - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

Basic blade management

The following sections provide procedures for naming a switch, powering a port blade off and on, and
disabling and enabling a port blade.

Customizing enterprise-class platform names

HP recommends that you customize the enterprise-class platform name for each platform. Some system logs
identify devices by platform names; if you assign meaningful platform names, logs are more useful.
To change the platform name:
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Issue the chassisName with the following syntax:
switch:admin> chassisname "newname"
where newname is the new name for the enterprise-class platform.
Enterprise-class platform names can be from 1 to 15 characters, must begin with a letter, and can
contain letters, numbers, or the underscore character. The quotation marks are not required.
3. Record the new platform name for future reference.

Powering port blades off and on

All blades are powered on by default when the switch chassis is powered on. Blades cannot be powered
off when POST or AP initialization is in progress.
NOTE: In the DC Director, the core blades in slots 5 and 8 cannot be powered off with the CLI interface.
You must manually power off the blades by unseating the blade from its mounting or removing power from
chassis.
To power off a port blade:
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Issue the slotPowerOff command with the slot number of the port blade you want to power off:
switch:admin> slotpoweroff 3
Slot 3 is being powered off
switch:admin>
To power on a port blade:
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Issue the slotPowerOn command with the slot number of the port blade you want to power on:
switch:admin> slotpoweron 3
Powering on slot 3
switch:admin>

Disabling and enabling port blades

Port blades are enabled by default. In some cases, you will need to disable a port blade to perform
diagnostics. When diagnostics are executed manually (from the Fabric OS command line), many
commands require the port blade to be disabled. This ensures that diagnostic activity does not interfere
with normal fabric traffic.
To disable a port blade:
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Issue the bladeDisable command with the slot number of the port blade you want to disable:
switch:admin> bladedisable 3
Slot 3 is being disabled
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