Powering off a brocade backbone, Basic connections, Device connection – Brocade Fabric OS Administrators Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) User Manual
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Powering off a Brocade Backbone
Use the following procedure to power off a Brocade Backbone device:
1. From the active CP in a dual-CP platform, enter the sysShutdown command.
NOTE
When the sysShutdown command is issued on the active CP, the active CP, the standby CP, and
any application blades are all shut down.
2. Enter y at the prompt.
3. Wait until the following message displays:
DCX:FID128:admin> sysshutdown
This command will shutdown the operating systems on your switch.
You are required to power-cycle the switch in order to restore operation.
Are you sure you want to shutdown the switch [y/n]?y
HA is disabled
Stopping blade 10
Shutting down the blade....
Stopping blade 12
Shutting down the blade....
Broadcast message from root (pts/0) Fri Oct 10 08:36:48 2008...
The system is going down for system halt NOW !!
4. Power off the switch.
Basic connections
Before connecting a switch to a fabric that contains switches running different firmware versions, you
must first set the same port identification (PID) format on all switches. The presence of different PID
formats in a fabric causes fabric segmentation.
• For information on PID formats and related procedures, refer to
Performing Advanced Configuration
• For information on configuring the routing of connections, refer to
on page 99.
• For information on configuring extended inter-switch connections, refer to
on page 527.
Device connection
To minimize port logins, power off all devices before connecting them to the switch. When powering
the devices back on, wait for each device to complete the fabric login before powering on the next one.
For devices that cannot be powered off, first use the portDisable command to disable the port on the
switch, connect the device, and then use the portEnable command to enable the port.
Switch connection
See the hardware reference manual of your specific switch for ISL connection and cable management
information. The standard or default ISL mode is L0. ISL mode L0 is a static mode, with the following
maximum ISL distances:
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