Bladebeacon - HP StorageWorks 2/64 - Core Switch Command Reference Manual

bladeBeacon

Sets blade beaconing mode on or off.
Synopsis
bladebeacon [slotnumber] mode
Availability
admin
NOTE: This command is available only on the HP StorageWorks SAN Directors.
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 port 0 through port 15
and back again. 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
Operands
This command has the following operands:
slotnumber
mode
Examples
To enable beaconing on slot 3, display the beaconing mode, the disable the slot:
switch:admin> bladebeacon 2 1
switch:admin> bladebeacon 2
value = 1
switch:admin> bladebeacon 2 0
See also
switchShow
62 Fabric OS commands
command can be used to display if the status of blade beaconing mode is on or off.
Specifies the slot number to enable bladeBeacon.
Specifies a value of 1 to set beaconing mode on. Specifies a value of 0
to set beaconing mode off. This operand is optional; if omitted, the
current mode appears.