HP Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class - Manual (Page 36)

Disabling and enabling a switch
By default, the switch is enabled after power on and diagnostics and switch initialization
routines complete. You can disable and re-enable the switch as necessary.
To disable:
1. If you have not already done so, connect to the switch and log in as admin as
described in Connect to the Command Line Interface .
2. Issue the switchDisable command.
All Fibre Channel ports on the switch are taken offline. If the switch was part of a
fabric, the fabric reconfigures.
To enable:
1. If you have not already done so, connect to the switch and log in as admin as
described in Connect to the Command Line Interface .
2. Issue the switchEnable command.
All Fibre Channel ports that pass the Power-on Self Test (POST) are enabled. If the
switch has interswitch links (ISLs) to a fabric, it joins the fabric.
Disabling and enabling a port
To enable a port:
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin as described in Connect to the
Command Line Interface .
2. Issue portenable portnumber where portnumber is the port number of the port
you want to enable.
To disable:
1. If you have not already done so, connect to the switch and log in as admin as
described in Connect to the Command Line Interface .
2. Issue portdisable portnumber where portnumber is the port number of
the port you want to disable.
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