McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem Installation Guide (AA-RW1XA-TE, June 2005)
McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem installation guide 37
Configuration file system error blink pattern
A configuration file system error blink pattern is 4 blinks followed by a two second pause. The 4-blink error
pattern indicates that a configuration file system error has occurred, and that the switch configuration file
must be recreated. Refer to ”Recovering a switch using maintenance mode” on page 41 for more
information.
To recreate the configuration file, perform the following procedure:
CAUTION: Recreating the configuration file will delete all switch configuration settings.
1. Press and hold the Maintenance button for 10 seconds to place the switch in maintenance mode. Refer
to ”Recovering a switch using maintenance mode” on page 41 for more information about placing the
switch in maintenance mode.
2. Enter the default IP address 10.0.0.1. and press Enter to establish a Telnet session
telnet 10.0.0.1
3. Enter the account name (prom) and password (prom), and press Enter.
Switch login: prom
Password:xxxx
4. Enter 6 (Remake Filesystem) and press Enter to recreate the configuration file using the following menu.
0) Exit
1) Image Unpack
2) Reset Network Config
3) Reset User Accounts to Default
4) Copy Log Files
5) Remove Switch Config
6) Remake Filesystem
7) Reset Switch
8) Update Boot Loader
Option: 6
5. Enter 7 and press Enter to reset the switch. Exit maintenance mode after the recreate process is
complete.
6. Perform the following procedure to restore the configuration file if a previously saved configuration file
is available for the switch.
a. Enter the following on the command line and press Enter to establish communications with the
switch using the File Transfer Protocol (FTP).
>ftp 10.0.0.1
b. Enter the following account name and password, and press Enter.
user:images
password:images
c. Enter the following command and press Enter to activate binary mode and copy the configuration
file from the workstation to the switch. The configuration file must be named "configdata".
ftp>bin
ftp>put configdata
d. Enter the following command and press Enter to close the FTP session.
ftp>quit
2 seconds