Verifying Operation Of The New Cp Blade - Brocade Communications Systems DCX 8510-4 Hardware Reference Manual

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Control processor blade (CP8) removal and replacement
For this procedure, please refer to
Complete the following steps to remove a CP8 control blade (CP).
1. Open the ejector handles to approximately 45 degrees. Orient the CP blade so that the handles
2. Align the flat metal side of the CP blade inside the left and right blade guides in the slot. Slide
3. Tighten the thumb screw inside each handle using the Phillips screwdriver.
4. Turn the CP blade on by sliding the ON/OFF switch in the left handle to the left, to cover the
5. Verify that the power LED is green. If not, ensure that the CP blade has power and is firmly
6. Connect the cables to the new CP blade.
7.

Verifying operation of the new CP blade

To verify that boot and POST are complete on the new CP blade and that the CP blade has achieved
failover redundancy, perform the following steps.
1. Type slotShow. The command output shows the new CP blade as "enabled."
2. Determine the version by entering firmwareShow. If the serial console on the replacement CP
3. If the firmware versions for both CP blades are the same, skip to "Complete the replacement."
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are toward you and the flat metal side is on your left.
the CP blade into the slot until it is firmly seated.
thumb screw.
seated and that the ejectors are in the locked position.
Remain logged in to the active CP and continue to "Verifying operation of the new CP blade."
If the standby CP is unresponsive, you can try unplugging the new CP blade, running haDisable
on the active CP blade, and plugging the new CP blade back in. At that point, you can repeat
step 1 above to begin the verification process again.
blade is connected, issue the firmwareShow command there. More information is available
through the console.
NOTE
The DCX 8510-4 requires Fabric OS 7.0.0 or later to be recognized. If the firmware on the
replacement blade is earlier than 7.0.0 it must be brought up to the version on the active CP
blade, which must be at least 7.0.0.
If the firmware version on the replacement blade does not match that on the active CP blade, a
warning message appears with the results of the firmwareshow command. The results of the
firmwareshow command may look similar to the following. Note the warning message at the
end of the output.
DCX_xyz:admin> firmwareshow
Slot Name Appl
------------------------------------------------------------------------
4 CP0 FOS
5 CP1 FOS
* Local CP
WARNING: The local CP and remote CP have different versions
of firmware, please retry firmwaredownload command.
"ESD precautions" and
Primary/Secondary Versions
v7.0.0
v7.0.0
v6.3.0a
v6.3.0a
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Status
ACTIVE
STANDBY *
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