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

Diagnostics
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Repair Information
This chapter describes repair-related procedures for the Sphereon
4500 Fabric Switch and associated field-replaceable units (FRUs). The
procedures are performed through the SANpilot interface, storage
area network (SAN) management application (SANavigator 4.0 or
EFCM 8.0), or Sphereon 4500 Element Manager application. The
following procedures are described:
• Obtain log information.
• Obtain port diagnostic information.
• Perform port diagnostic loopback tests.
• Collect maintenance data.
• Set the switch online or offline.
• Block or unblock Fibre Channel ports.
• Clean fiber-optic components.
• Power the switch on and off.
• Perform a switch reset, initial machine load (IML), or initial
program load (IPL).
• Manage firmware versions.
• Manage configuration data.
• Install or upgrade software.
Do not perform repairs until a failure is isolated to a FRU. If fault
isolation was not performed, refer to MAP 0000: Start MAP on
page 3-6.