Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Manual Supporting Fabric OS v6.3.0 (53-1001337-01, July 2009)

60 Fabric OS Command Reference
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bladeDisable
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bladeDisable
Disables all user ports on a blade.
Synopsis bladedisable slotnumber
Description Use this command to disable all user ports on a blade. All Fibre Channel ports on the blade are
taken offline. If the switch was connected to a fabric through this blade, the remaining switches
reconfigure, and the switch reconfigures based on the other blade ports. As each port is disabled,
the front panel LED changes to a slow flashing yellow.
After issuing bladeDisable on a slot in a chassis, switchShow displays the user ports in the disabled
state. The blade is still shown as enabled in both switchShow and slotShow output.
The blade must be disabled before making configuration changes or before running many of the
diagnostic tests. The blade does not need to be disabled before rebooting or powering off.
You cannot disable a blade when the blade is faulted, powered off, or running diagnostics.
This command disables the ports on a single blade. To disable the ports in an entire chassis, use
the chassisDisable command.
Note 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:
slotnumber Specifies the slot number for which the ports are to be disabled.
Examples To disable a blade in slot 5:
switch:admin> bladedisable
Blade 2 is being disabled...Done
To verify that the user ports on the blade are disabled:
switch:admin> switchshow -slot 5
switchName: DCX57_9
switchType: 62.1
switchState: Online
switchMode: Native
switchRole: Subordinate
switchDomain: 9
switchId: fffc09
switchWwn: 10:00:00:05:1e:40:4a:00
zoning: ON (all_cfg)
switchBeacon: OFF
FC Router: OFF
FC Router BB Fabric ID: 128
Slot Blade Type ID Model Name Status
-----------------------------------------------------
5 COREBLADE 52 CORE8 ENABLED
Index Slot Port Address Media Speed State Proto
===================================================
384 5 0 ------ cu 8G In_Sync FC Disabled