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

switchBeacon

Sets switch beaconing mode on or off.
Synopsis
switchbeacon [mode]
Availability
admin
Description
Use this command to enable or disable switch beaconing mode.
When beaconing mode is turned on, the port LEDs flash amber, left to right and right to left, which
continues until turned off by the user. The pattern continues until the user turns it off. This can be used to
beckon the user to a failing unit, for example.
Beaconing mode affects only the port LEDs. Other commands are still executable and functional. The
normal flashing LED pattern (associated with an active, faulty, or disabled port) is suppressed and the
beaconing pattern is shown. However, if diagnostic frame-based tests (portLoopbackTest,
crossPortTest, and spinSilk) are executed, two patterns are interleaved. The diagnostic test
flickers the LEDs green and simultaneously the beaconing mode runs the LEDs amber.
Use the
switchShow
Operands
This command has the following operand:
mode
Examples
To turn beaconing mode on:
switch:admin> switchbeacon 1
To turn beaconing mode off:
switch:admin> switchbeacon 0
See also
switchShow
682 Fabric OS commands
command to display the status of beaconing.
Specify 1 to enable beacon mode or 0 to disable beacon mode.
This operand is optional. If no operand is specified, the current
value is displayed.