Fabric OS Reference Manual

78 Fabric OS Reference Manual

fastboot

Reboot the switch, bypassing POST.

Synopsis

fastboot

Availability admin

Description Use this command to reboot the switch, bypassing POST. The reboot takes

effect immediately as the switch resets and executes normal power-on

booting sequence. However, Power On Self Test (POST) is skipped. This

reduces boot time significantly.

If POST has been disabled using the

diagDisablePost

command, then

fastboot

is the same as

reboot

. However,

fastboot

skips POST on the

current reboot, while

diagDisablePost

skips POST on all future reboots

until canceled by

diagEnablePost

While the switch is rebooting, the telnet session is closed and all fibre

channel ports are inactive. If the switch is part of a fabric, the remaining

switches reconfigure.

Operands None.

Example To reboot the switch, bypassing the POST: