HP StorageWorks MSA 2.8 SAN Switch - Manual (Page 115)

Working With the Core Switch 2/64
115 Fabric OS Procedures Version 3.1.x/4.1.x User Guide
Basic Blade Management
For the purposes of this section, Basic Blade Management refers to:
■ Disabling a Blade on page 115
■ Enabling a Blade on page 116
■ Powering On a Blade on page 116
■ Powering Off a Blade on page 116
■ Displaying the Status of All Slots in the Chassis on page 118
■ Displaying Information on Switch FRUs on page 119
■ Setting the Blade Beacon Mode on page 123
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
syntax:
slotoff slotnumber
where slotnumber is the slot number of the blade you want to disable.
Example
switch:admin> slotoff 3
Slot 3 is being disabled
switch:admin>