FW 07.00.00/HAFM SW 08.06.00 McDATA Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual (620-000159-320, April 2005)

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b. Set the switch offline. Refer to Set the Switch Online or Offline
on page 4-48.
c. At the Hardware View (Figure 3-10 on page 3-20) for the switch
reporting the problem, click Configure and select Operating
Parameters and Fabric Parameters. The Configure Fabric
Parameters dialog box displays (Figure 3-40 on page 3-100).
d. At the Switch Priority field, select Principal, Never Principal, or
Default (the default setting is Default). The switch priority value
designates the fabric’s principal switch. The principal switch is
assigned a priority of 1 and controls the allocation and
distribution of domain IDs for all fabric switches (including itself).
Principal is the highest priority setting, Default is the next
highest, and Never Principal is the lowest priority setting. The
setting Never Principal means that the switch is incapable of
becoming a principal switch. If all switches are set to Principal or
Default, the switch with the highest priority and the lowest WWN
becomes the principal switch.
At least one switch in a multiswitch fabric must be set as
Principal or Default. If all switches are set to Never Principal, all
ISLs segment and the message No Principal Switch appears in
the Reason field of the Port Properties dialog box.
e. Set the switch online. Refer to Set the Switch Online or Offline
on page 4-48.
Did the switch priority change solve the problem and did both
switches join through the ISL to form a fabric?
NO YES
↓ The switch, associated ISL, and multiswitch fabric appear
operational. Exit MAP.
Contact the next level of support. Exit MAP.
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A switch E_Port segmented (at an operational switch) because a
response (hello timeout) to a verification check indicates an attached
switch is not operational.
a. Perform the data collection procedure at the operational switch
and return the CD to McDATA for analysis. This information may
assist in fault isolating the failed switch.
b. Go to MAP 0000: Start MAP on page 3-6 and perform fault
isolation for the failed switch.