Basic Blade Management; Disabling A Blade - HP StorageWorks MSA 2/8 - SAN Switch User Manual

Basic Blade Management

For the purposes of this section, Basic Blade Management refers to:

Disabling a Blade

The ability to disable a blade might be needed to perform diagnostics. When
diagnostics are executed manually (from the Fabric OS command line), many
commands require the blade to be in an offline state. This ensures that the activity
of the diagnostic does not interfere or disturb normal fabric traffic. If the blade is
not in an offline state (bladedisable), the diagnostic command will not
run and display an error message.
To disable a blade:
1. Log into the switch as the admin user.
2. At the command line enter the slotoff command with the following
Example
switch:admin> slotoff 3
Slot 3 is being disabled
switch:admin>
Fabric OS Procedures Version 3.1.x/4.1.x User Guide
Disabling a Blade on page 115
Enabling a Blade on page 116
Powering On a Blade
Powering Off a Blade
Displaying the Status of All Slots in the Chassis
Displaying Information on Switch FRUs
Setting the Blade Beacon Mode
syntax:
slotoff slotnumber
where slotnumber is the slot number of the blade you want to disable.
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