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v licenseShow
Before beginning replacement, you must also properly shut down the device and
disconnect from the fabric and power using procedures under “Powering off the
chassis” on page 198.
Recording critical device and SAN information:
About this task
Perform the following steps. All commands must be entered from a CLI session
(telnet or serial) to the active CP blade unless otherwise indicated.
Procedure
1.
Run
supportShow
, which includes most of the information in the following
table and more. Be sure to record the location of the .txt files that you create
in this procedure that are not called out in the
supportShow
results. For
detailed information about Fabric OS commands, refer to the Fabric OS
Command Reference. Use a checklist to ensure that all required information is
recorded.
Table 22. Critical information checklist
Checked? Data Notes
Configuration information
Location of
"config-switch.txt" file
Location of
"config-miscinfo.txt" file
IP address, subnet mask
WWN for the device
SAN profile
Location of "SANbefor.txt"
file
Notes regarding nsshow
output
Notes regarding nsallshow
output
Notes regarding
switchshow
output
Notes regarding fabricshow
output
Output from
chassisshow
command
Important: The information displayed for Part Num and
Serial Num are critical when replacing a chassis. This
information allows the replacement chassis to assume the
identity of the old chassis.
Output from licenseshow command
License keys and other
licensing data for licensed
products enabled on device.
Output from supportshow command
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