HP StorageWorks Advanced Web Tools 7.4.X Administrator Guide (AA-RVHFC-TE, September 2005)

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5. Click Regular Reboot to reboot the MP Router, or click Fast Reboot to reboot the MP Router and bypass
the POST diagnostics.
6. Click OK.
Physically locating a switch using beaconing
Use the beaconing function to physically locate a switch in a fabric. The beaconing function helps you
physically locate a switch by alternately blinking the system LED green and amber.
The Beacon button in the Switch Explorer indicates whether beaconing is on or off. The button displays a
lighted beacon if beaconing is on.
Turning the beacon on
1. Select the switch from the fabric tree in the Switch Explorer.
The selected switch appears in the Switch View.
2. Click the Beacon icon in the Switch View.
3. Click Yes to turn the beacon on.
4. Click OK to close the information window.
5. From Switch Manager, click Application Platform in the navigation bar.
6. Click the Summary tab.
7. Click Turn Beacon On in the task bar.
8. Click Yes to turn the beacon on.
9. Click OK to close the information window.
Turning the beacon off
1. From Switch Explorer, select the switch from the fabric tree.
The selected switch appears in the Switch View.
2. Click the lighted Beacon icon in the Switch View.
3. Click Yes to turn the beacon off.
4. Click OK to close the information window.
5. From Switch Manager, click Application Platform in the navigation bar.
6. Click the Summary tab.
7. Click Turn Beacon Off in the task bar.
8. Click Yes to turn the beacon off.
9. Click OK to close the information window.
Updating the MP Router firmware
MP Router software is distributed in packages, which have both a type and a version number. The
package name is built from the package type and the version number, for example, the package
xpath_os_7_1_0 consists of the package type, xpath_os, and the version number, 7_1_0.
One type of package is XPath OS itself. Other typical packages include application program packages.
Bundling software in packages allows you to upgrade one type of software without affecting another. For
example, you might upgrade an XPath OS version without affecting application packages.
MP Routers contain a single, shared file system. During package installation, the package file is
uncompressed and copied to the file system, overwriting all files therein. Files from an older package are
replaced by files in the newly installed package of the same type (for example, XPath OS).
The Firmware tab of the Administration page contains the procedures for downloading the firmware
packages. Figure 15 shows the Administration page with the Firmware tab selected.