HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.0.0 Command Reference Guide (AA-RW1MA-TE, May 2005)

62 Fabric OS commands

Sets blade beaconing mode on or off.

Synopsis

bladebeacon [slotnumber] mode

Availability

admin

NOTE: This command is only available on the Core Switch 2/64 and SAN Director 2/128.

Description

Use this command to enable or disable blade beaconing or to display the current beaconing mode for

one blade.

When beaconing is enabled, the port LEDs flash amber in a running pattern from port 0 through port 15

and back again. The pattern continues until the user turns it off. This can be used to locate a physical unit.

Beaconing mode only takes over the port LEDs; it does not change the switch’s functional behavior. The

normal flashing LED pattern (associated with an active, faulty, or disabled port, for example) is suppressed

and only the beaconing pattern is displayed. If a diagnostic frame-based test (such as

portLoopbackTest, crossPortTest, or spinSilk) is executed, the two LED patterns are

interwoven. The diagnostic test flickers the LEDs green and the beaconing mode runs the LEDs amber.

The switchShow command can be used to display if the status of blade beaconing mode is on or off.

Operands

This command has the following operands:

Examples

To enable beaconing on slot 3, display the beaconing mode, the disable the slot: