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14. Set the Ethernet IP address on the new switch to the IP address of the original
switch. Use the ipAddrSet command.
If you had connected to the switch over the Ethernet interface, the session will
be disconnected and you will need to log back into the switch with the IP address
you just configured.
15. Enable the switch using the switchEnable command.
The new switch should now connect to the rest of the fabric. Verify that the HBAs on
the servers log into the new switch in the expected locations. Also verify that no zone
conflicts are being reported on the inter-switch links (ISL).
To ensure a highly available configuration after the switch has been replaced, verify
that all servers have eligible I/O paths through the replaced switch. For example,
you can use the PowerPath powermt command to do this.
Replace a McDATA FC switch
To replace a McDATA Fibre Channel switch, complete the following steps.
1. Stop Matrix Server on any servers that are connected only to the original switch.
2. If possible, save configuration information from the original switch. Some items
such as the zone configuration are not needed and are just insurance against
further failures. Other items such as the IP address are available elsewhere but
might conveniently be captured here. One way to record the information is to
capture the output of a CLI session. The following commands show types of data
that might be useful:
• show ip ethernet for the IP address.
• show switch for the fabric operating mode.
• show zoning for the zone configuration.
3. After the original switch has been powered down, power up the new switch
and set its IP address to address of the old switch to allow EWS access. The IP
address can be set either from the serial port or by connecting to the current,
possibly default, IP address. Verify that the new switch responds to the IP address.
4. Connect to the EWS and take the switch offline using the Operations > Switch
> Online State tab.
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