Platform Services And Virtual Fabrics; Enabling Platform Services; Disabling Platform Services - HP SN3000B Administrator's Manual

Platform services and Virtual Fabrics

Each logical switch has a separate Platform Database. All platform registrations done to a logical
switch are valid only in that particular logical switch's Virtual Fabric.
Activating the platform services on a switch activates the platform services on all logical switches in
a Virtual Fabric. Similarly, deactivating the platform services deactivates the platform service on all
logical switches in a Virtual Fabric. The msPlatShow command displays all platforms registered in a
Virtual Fabric.

Enabling platform services

When FCS policy is enabled, the msplMgmtActivate command can be issued only from the primary
FCS switch.
The execution of the msplMgmtActivate command is subject to Admin Domain restrictions that may
be in place.
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the msCapabilityShow command to verify that all switches in the fabric support the MS
3. Enter the msplMgmtActivate command, as in the following example.

Disabling platform services

1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the msplMgmtDeactivate command.
3. Enter y to confirm the deactivation, as in the following example.
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platform service; otherwise, the next step fails.
switch:admin> msplmgmtactivate
Request to activate MS Platform Service in progress......
*Completed activating MS Platform Service in the fabric!
switch:admin> msplmgmtdeactivate
MS Platform Service is currently enabled.
This will erase MS Platform Service configuration
information as well as database in the entire fabric.
Would you like to continue this operation? (yes, y, no, n): [no] y
Request to deactivate MS Platform Service in progress......
*Completed deactivating MS Platform Service in the fabric!
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