HP DC SAN Backbone Director Switch Hardware Reference Guide (5697-2158, August 2012)
Installing a control processor blade (CP8)
CAUTION: Wear a grounded ESD strap when handling a CP8 blade. Use the grounding
connections above the power connectors on the chassis.
To install a CP blade (slot 6 or 7):
1. Open the ejector handles to approximately 45 degrees. Orient the CP blade so that the
handles are toward you and the flat metal side is on your left.
2. Align the flat metal side of the CP blade inside the lower and upper blade guides in the slot.
Slide the CP blade into the slot until it is firmly seated (see Figure 36 (page 70)).
3. Using the Phillips screwdriver, tighten the thumb screw inside each handle.
4. Power on the CP blade by sliding the ON/OFF switch in the top handle up, to cover the thumb
screw.
5. Verify that the power LED is green. If it is not, ensure that the CP blade has power and is firmly
seated, and that the ejectors are in the locked position.
6. Connect the cables to the new CP blade.
7. Verify the installation. See Verifying operation of the new CP blade (page 71).
8. Replace the chassis door. See Installing the chassis door (page 62).
Verifying operation of the new CP blade
To verify that boot and POST are complete on the new CP blade and that the CP blade has achieved
failover redundancy:
1. Log in to the active CP as admin.
2. Enable the redundancy feature using the haEnable command.
3. Verify that HA is enabled using the haShow command. The command output includes HA
Enabled Heartbeat Up and HA-state in sync.
If not, POST is not complete or the CP blades have not achieved redundancy. Wait one or
two minutes and re-enter the command until you can verify that redundancy has been achieved.
4. Enter the slotShow command .
The command output shows the new CP blade as ENABLED:
swDir:admin> slotShow
Slot Blade Type ID Status
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1 SW BLADE 16 ENABLED
2 SW BLADE 16 ENABLED
3 SW BLADE 16 ENABLED
4 SW BLADE 16 ENABLED
5 CR BLADE 17 ENABLED
6 CP BLADE 18 ENABLED
7 CP BLADE 18 ENABLED
8 CR BLADE 17 ENABLED
9 SW BLADE 16 ENABLED
10 SW BLADE 16 ENABLED
11 SW BLADE 16 ENABLED
12 SW BLADE 16 ENABLED
swDir:admin>
5. Enter the firmwareShow command to determine the Fabric OS version.
This example shows sample output for the firmwareShow command:
swDir:admin> firmwareShow
Local CP (Slot 7, CP1): Active
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