Disabling And Enabling A Switch; How To Disable A Switch; How To Enable A Switch; Disabling And Enabling A Port - HP AA979A - StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8V Administrator's Manual

5. Enter the licensePort --show command to verify that the port is no longer assigned to a POD set.
switch:admin> licenseport --show
24 ports are available in this switch
Full POD license is installed
Dynamic POD method is in use
24 port assignments are provisioned for use in this switch:
10 ports are assigned to installed licenses:
Ports assigned to the base switch license:
1*, 2*, 3*, 4*, 5*, 6*, 8*, 21, 22, 23
Ports assigned to the full POD license:
None
Ports not assigned to a license:
0, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
6. Enter the switchEnable command to bring the switch back online.
switch:admin> switchenable
Enter the switchShow command to verify that the switch state is now online.

Disabling and enabling a switch

By default, the switch is enabled after power is applied and diagnostics and switch initialization routines
have finished. You can disable and re-enable it as necessary.

How to disable a switch

1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter the switchDisable command at the command line.
All Fibre Channel ports on the switch are taken offline. If the switch was part of a fabric, the fabric
reconfigures.

How to enable a switch

1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter the switchEnable command at the command line.
All Fibre Channel ports that passed the POST test are enabled. If the switch has interswitch links to a fabric,
it joins the fabric.

Disabling and enabling a port

All licensed ports are enabled by default. You can disable and re-enable them as necessary. Ports that you
activate with Ports on Demand must be enabled explicitly, as described in
on page 39.

How to disable a port

1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
HP StorageWorks 4/16 SAN Switch and 4/8 SAN Switch, SAN Switch 2/8V, SAN
2.
Switch 2/16V, SAN Switch 2/32, SAN Switch 4/32, 4/64 SAN Switch, and 400 MP
Router: Enter the following command:
switch:admin> portdisable portnumber
portnumber
where
44 Performing basic configuration tasks
12 port assignments are provisioned by the base switch license
12 port assignments are provisioned by a full POD license
10 ports are assigned to the base switch license
0 ports are assigned to the full POD license
is the port number of the port you want to disable.
"Activating ports on demand"