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

650 Fabric OS commands

Sets switch beaconing mode on or off.

Synopsis

switchbeacon [mode]

Availability

admin

Description

Use this command to enable or disable switch beaconing mode.

When beaconing mode is turned on, the port LEDs flash amber, left to right and right to left, which

continues until turned off by the user. The pattern continues until the user turns it off. This can be used to

beckon the user to a failing unit, for example.

Beaconing mode affects only the port LEDs. Other commands are still executable and functional. The

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

beaconing pattern is shown. However, if diagnostic frame-based tests (portLoopbackTest,

crossPortTest, and spinSilk) are executed, two patterns are interleaved. The diagnostic test flickers

the LEDs green and simultaneously the beaconing mode runs the LEDs amber.

Use the switchShow command to display the status of beaconing.

Operands

This command has the following operand:

Examples

To turn beaconing mode on:

To turn beaconing mode off: