McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem Command Line Interface Guide (AA-RWEJA-TE, November 2006)

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem command line interface guide 41
Resetting a switch
Table 5 describes the methods for resetting a switch, the corresponding command, and the impact on the
switch.
See the ”Hotreset command” on page 122.
See the ”Reset command” on page 132.
See the ”Hardreset command” on page 119.
Installing firmware
Installing firmware on a switch involves the following steps:
1. Download the firmware image file to the switch.
2. Unpack the firmware image file.
3. Activate the new firmware. The activation can be disruptive or non-disruptive. See ”Non-disruptive
activation” on page 42 for information about the conditions for a non-disruptive activation.
The Firmware Install and the Image Install commands automate the firmware installation
process and perform a disruptive activation as described in ”One-step firmware installation” on page 42.
To perform a non-disruptive activation, see”Custom firmware installation” on page 43.
Table 5 Switch reset methods
Description Hot Reset
(Hotreset
command)
Soft Reset
(Reset Switch
command)
Hard Reset
(Hardreset
Switch
command)
Activates pending firmware X X X
Disrupts I/O traffic X X
McDATA Web Server sessions
reconnect afterwards
XXX
Clears the event log X X X
Closes all management sessions X X X
Power-on self test X