Basic Blade Management; Powering Port Blades Off And On; Disabling And Enabling Port Blades - HP AE370A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch 4/12 Administrator's Manual

Table 45 Default index/area extended-edge PID assignment with no port swap (continued)
Port on Slot
blade 1Idx/Area
2 18/18
1 17/17
0 16/16

Basic blade management

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

Powering port blades off and on

Port blades are powered on by default.
To power off a port blade
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter the slotPowerOff command with the slot number of the port blade you want to power off.
The slot must exist in the logical switch where you are logged in.
switch:admin> slotpoweroff 3
Slot 3 is being powered off
switch:admin>
To provide power to a port blade
3. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
4. Enter the slotPowerOn command with the slot number of the port blade you want to power on.
The slot must exist in the logical switch where you are logged in.
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. Enter the bladeDisable command with the slot number of the port blade you want to disable:
switch:admin> bladedisable 3
Slot 3 is being disabled
To enable a port blade
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter the bladeEnable command with the slot number of the port blade you want to enable:
switch:admin> bladeenable 3
Slot 3 is being enabled
182 Configuring Directors
Slot Slot
2Idx/Area 3Idx/Area
34/34 50/50
33/33 49/49
32/32 48/48
Slot Slot
4Idx/Area 7Idx/Area
66/66 82/82
65/65 81/81
64/64 80/80
Slot Slot
8Idx/Area 9Idx/Area
98/98 1 14/1 14
97/97 1 13/1 13
96/96 1 12/1 12
Slot
10Idx/Area
2/2
1/1
0/0