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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McDATA Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual
Switch IPL
To IPL the switch from the management server (Sphereon 4500
Element Manager application):
1. At the management server, open the SAN management
application (SANavigator 4.0 or EFCM 8.0).
2. At the SAN management application’s physical map, right-click
the product icon representing the switch requiring an IPL, then
select Element Manager from the pop-up menu. The application
opens.
3. Select the IPL option from the Maintenance menu. An Information
dialog box displays (Figure 4-38).
Figure 4-38 Information Dialog Box
4. Click Yes to IPL the switch. During the IPL, the switch-to-
management server Ethernet link drops momentarily and the
following occur at the Hardware View:
— As the network connection drops, the Sphereon 4500 Status
table turns yellow, the Status field displays No Link, and the
State field displays Link Timeout.
— The status bar at the bottom of the window displays a grey
square, indicating switch status is unknown.
— Illustrated FRUs disappear, and appear again as the
connection is re-established.
Switch Reset
To reset the switch from the front panel:
1. Press and hold the IML/RESET button for approximately ten
seconds.
— After holding the button for three seconds, the amber ERR
LED blinks at twice the unit beaoning rate.