Bladeenable – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Fabric OS Command Reference

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bladeEnable

Enables all user ports on a blade.

Synopsis

bladeenable slot

Description

Use this command to enable all user ports on a blade. All ports within the blade that did not fail the
power-on self-test (POST) are enabled (except for persistently disabled ports). They may come
online if connected to a device, or remain offline if disconnected. Use bladeEnable to re-enable the
blade after making configuration changes or running offline diagnostics.

If the switch is connected to a fabric through previously disabled ports, it rejoins the fabric. If this
switch remains the principal switch at the end of the fabric countdown, it assigns itself a domain
ID. If another switch assumes the principal role, the re-enabled switch becomes a subordinate
switch and accepts a domain ID from the principal.

As each port is enabled, the front panel LED changes from slow flashing amber to green for online
ports or to yellow for ports that do not initialize. Disconnected ports remain unlit.

Notes

You cannot disable a single blade when the entire chassis is disabled, or when the blade itself is
faulted, powered off, or running diagnostics. Use chassisEnable to enable the ports on an entire
chassis.

Persistently disabled ports are not enabled by this command.

The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may
be in place. Refer to chapter 1, "Using Fabric OS commands" and Appendix A, "Command
Availability" for details.

Operands

This command has the following operand:

slot

Specifies the slot number to be enabled.

Examples

To display the slot status, enable the user ports in slot 4, and verify the settings:

switch:admin>

slotshow

Slot Blade Type ID Status

---------------------------------

1 SW BLADE 2 ENABLED

2 UNKNOWN VACANT

3 UNKNOWN VACANT

4 SW BLADE 2 ENABLED (User Ports Disabled)

5 CP BLADE 1 ENABLED

6 CP BLADE 1 ENABLED

7 SW BLADE 2 ENABLED

8 UNKNOWN VACANT

9 UNKNOWN VACANT

10 UNKNOWN VACANT

switch:admin>

bladeenable 4

slBlade 4 is being enabled...Done