Brocade Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide v6.1.0 (53-10000610-02, June 2008)

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Switch replacement in the fabric
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FIGURE 114 Checking the physical health of a switch
To display a detailed, customizable switch status report, see “Switch health report” on page 317.
Switch replacement in the fabric
Use the following procedures if you want to replace a switch in the fabric. The procedure for
replacing the seed switch differs from that for replacing a non-seed switch.
ATTENTION
If you replace the seed switch, all historical data in the database for the fabric containing the seed
switch is lost.
Replacing a switch in the fabric (non-seed switch)
1. Physically remove the existing switch from the fabric.
A minus sign appears in the Scope panel, and the switch no longer appears in the Information
panel.