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Brocade
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X6-4 Director Hardware Installation Guide
Verifying Correct Operation
Perform the following steps to verify correct operation of the device.
1. Check the LEDs of all power supplies, fans, and blades to verify that all are functional.
2. Log on to the device using one of the following methods:
•
A serial console connection to the active CP blade. The active CP is indicated by an illuminated blue LED on the
blade front panel.
•
A Telnet session using the chassis management IP address.
3. Log on to the device using
admin
as your password. If you have not changed the default password, use
password
.
4. Verify the correct operation of the device by entering the following commands. Copy the output to a file to save the
information.
Command
Description
errDump
Displays any errors.
fabricShow
Displays information about the device operation in the fabric and general information about the fabric.
fanShow
Displays fans status and information.
historyShow
Displays the device history.
psShow
Displays power supply status and information.
slotShow
Displays the current status of each slot in the device.
slotshow -m
Displays blades (with model numbers) detected in each slot.
slotshow -p
Displays power consumption data and enabled status for installed blades.
switchShow
Displays switch status and information.
tempShow
Displays temperature status and information.
Backing Up the Configuration
Back up the configuration on a regular basis to ensure that a complete configuration is available for downloading to a
replacement switch.
Observe the following notes about configuration data:
•
Passwords are not saved in the configuration file and are not uploaded during a configuration upload.
•
It is recommended that the configuration be backed up on a regular basis to ensure that a complete configuration is
available for downloading to a replacement chassis.
•
Besides saving configuration files to an FTP server or local file system, you can save them to a test validated USB
device with the
usbstorage
command.
NOTE
USB thumb drives must be formatted using FAT32 format prior to use in a Brocade switch or director.
Use a USB drive that has been test validated by Broadcom:
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