How To Determine Whether Or Not To Replace A Cp Blade; Recording Critical Dc San Director Information - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Hardware Reference Manual

The replacement procedure for the CP blade takes approximately 30 minutes. The following items
are required for the CP blade replacement:
• ESD grounding strap
• Workstation computer
• Serial cable
• IP address of an FTP server for backing up the DC SAN Director configuration
• Phillips #2 screwdriver
• Replacement DC SAN Director CP blade (CP8)

How to determine whether or not to replace a CP blade

The following events might indicate that a CP blade is faulty:
• The status LED on the CP blade is amber, or the power LED is not lit.
• The CP blade does not respond to Telnet commands, or the serial console is not available.
• The slotShow command does not show that the CP blade is enabled.
• The haShow command indicates an error.
• The clock is inaccurate, or the CP blade does not boot up or shut down normally.
• Any of the following messages is displayed in the error log:
• Slot unknown message relating to a CP slot
• CP blade errors or I
• FRU: FRU_FAULTY messages for a CP blade
• Configuration loader messages or Sys PCI config messages
• Generic system driver messages (FABSYS)
• Platform system driver messages (Platform)
• EM messages that indicate a problem with a CP blade
• Function fail messages for the CP master
For more information about error messages, refer to the Fabric OS Message Reference.

Recording critical DC SAN Director information

Back up the DC SAN Director configuration before you replace a CP blade. Refer to the HP
StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.x administrator guide for backup information.
To record critical DC SAN Director information:
1. Login to the functioning CP blade as admin, using either a Telnet or a serial console connection.
2. Type haShow to determine which CP blade is active:
swDir:admin> haShow
Local CP (Slot 7, CP1) : Active
Remote CP (Slot 6, CP0) : Standby, Healthy
HA Enabled, Heartbeat Up, HA State Synchronized
3. Enter all remaining commands from the serial console for the active CP blade, unless otherwise
indicated. For more information about commands, refer to the HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.x
administrator guide
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