Dell PowerVault ML6000 - Manual (Page 187)

Chapter 9 Running Your Library
Controlling FC I/O Blade Power
Dell PowerVault ML6000 User’s Guide 187
Controlling FC I/O Blade Power
Administrators can turn on, turn off, or power cycle individual FC I/O
blades in the library. Turning off or power cycling the FC I/O blade will
cause a temporary loss of communication with connected hosts. The
screen will display a warning message about the communication loss and
ask you to confirm that you want to proceed.
The
Setup - Blade Control
screen allows you to perform the following
operations on the selected FC I/O blades:
On the Web client:
• Click
On
to turn on the FC I/O blade.
• Click
Off
to turn off the FC I/O blade.
• Click
Cycle
to power cycle the FC I/O blade. It takes approximately 3
minutes to power cycle a blade.
On the operator panel, select the option you want:
• Power Cycle Blade
• Power On Blade
• Power Off Blade
The paths to open the appropriate screens are as follows:
• From the Web client, select
Setup > I/O Blades > Blade Control
.
• From the operator panel, select
Setup > I/O Blades > Blade Control
.
Note:
This operation should not be performed concurrently by
multiple administrators logged in from different locations.
You can access the appropriate screens, but you cannot apply
changes while another administrator is performing the same
operation.