Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Manual v6.2.0 (53-1001186-01, April 2009)

52 Fabric OS Command Reference

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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 ports on the blade are taken offline. If

the switch was connected to a fabric through this blade, the remaining switches reconfigure, and

this switch will reconfigure based on the other blade ports. As each port is disabled, the front panel

LED changes to a slow flashing yellow.

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.

If Virtual Fabrics are not enabled on the switch, and slotShow is issued after a blade has been

disabled, the blade is displayed as ENABLED (User Ports disabled) as shown in the example below.

When executing bladeDisable in Virtual Fabric mode, slotShow displays the Blade as ENABLED, ,

because ports may not be physically located on the local switch.

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 2 when Virtual Fabrics are disabled:

switch:admin> bladedisable 2

Blade 2 is being disabled...Done

To verify that the user ports on the blade are disabled:

switch:admin> slotshow

Slot Blade Type ID Status

---------------------------------

1 SW BLADE 2 ENABLED

2 SW BLADE 2 ENABLED (User Ports Disabled)

3 SW BLADE 2 ENABLED

4 SW BLADE 2 ENABLED

5 CP BLADE 1 ENABLED

6 CP BLADE 1 ENABLED

7 SW BLADE 2 ENABLED

8 SW BLADE 2 ENABLED

9 SW BLADE 2 ENABLED

10 SW BLADE 2 ENABLED

See Also bladeEnable, chassisDisable, chassisEnable, portDisable, portEnable, slotShow, switchEnable,

switchDisable, switchShow