Bladebeacon - Brocade Communications Systems A7990A - StorageWorks SAN Director 4/16 Blade Switch Command Reference Manual

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bladeBeacon

bladeBeacon
Enables or disables blade beaconing, or displays the current mode.
Synopsis
bladebeacon slotnumber[mode]
Description
Use this command to enable or disable blade beaconing or to display the current beaconing mode for one
blade.
When beaconing is enabled, the port LEDs flash amber in a running pattern from left to right and right
to left. The pattern continues until the user turns it off. This can be used to locate a physical unit.
Beaconing mode only takes over the port LEDs; it does not change the switch's functional behavior. The
normal flashing LED pattern (associated with an active, faulty, or disabled port, for example) is
suppressed and only the beaconing pattern is displayed. If a diagnostic frame-based test (such as
portLoopbackTest, crossPortTest, or spinSilk) is executed, the two LED patterns are interwoven. The
diagnostic test flickers the LEDs green and the beaconing mode runs the LEDs amber.
The switchShow
Note
The execution of this command is subject to Admin Domain restrictions that may be in place.
Operands
This command has the following operands:
slotnumber
mode
Examples
To enable beaconing on slot 2, display the beaconing mode, then disable it:
switch:admin> bladebeacon 2 1
switch:admin> bladebeacon 2
value = 1
switch:admin> bladebeacon 2 0
See Also switchShow
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command can be used to see if the status of blade beaconing mode is on or off.
Specify the slot number for which beaconing is to be enabled or disabled, or
whose beaconing mode is to be displayed.
Specify a value of 1 to enable beaconing. Specify a value of 0 to disable
beaconing. This operand is optional; if omitted, the current mode of blade
beaconing for the specified slot is displayed.
Fabric OS Command Reference Manual
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