High Availability Considerations For Fabric Names; Upgrade And Downgrade Considerations For Fabric Names; Config File Upload And Download Considerations For Fabric; Names - HP StoreFabric SN6500B Administrator's Manual

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Switch activation and deactivation

High availability considerations for fabric names

Fabric names locally configured or obtained from a remote switch are saved in the configuration
database, and then synchronized to the standby CP on dual-CP-based systems.

Upgrade and downgrade considerations for fabric names

Fabric names are lost during a firmware downgrade. No default fabric name is provided. If a fabric
name is needed, it must be configured after the upgrade.
Config file upload and download considerations for fabric names
A new key, "fabric name" is added to store the user configuration. You can only configure fabric
names using config download when the switch is offline.

Switch activation and deactivation

By default, the switch is enabled after power is applied and diagnostics and switch initialization
routines have finished. You can disable and re-enable the switch as necessary.

Disabling a switch

Use the following procedure to disable a switch:
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the switchDisable command.

Enabling a switch

Use the following procedure to enable a switch:
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the switchEnable command.

Switch and Backbone shutdown

To avoid corrupting your file system, you must perform graceful shutdowns of Brocade switches and
Backbones.
Warm reboot (also known as graceful shutdown) refers to shutting down the switch or platform by
way of the following instructions. Cold boot (also known as a hard boot) refers to shutting down the
switch or platform by suddenly shutting down power and powering on again.
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All Fibre Channel ports on the switch are taken offline. If the switch is part of a fabric, the fabric
is reconfigured.
All Fibre Channel ports that passed Power On Self Test (POST) are enabled. If the switch has
inter-switch links (ISLs) to a fabric, it joins the fabric.
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