McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem Installation Guide (AA-RW1XC-TE, November 2006)
McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem installation guide 39
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. See ”Recovering a switch using maintenance mode” on page 43 for more information.
To recreate the configuration file:
CAUTION: Recreating the configuration file deletes all switch configuration settings.
1. Press and hold the Maintenance button for 10 seconds to place the switch in maintenance mode. See
”Recovering a switch using maintenance mode” on page 43 for more information about placing the
switch in maintenance mode.
2. Enter the default IP address 10.0.0.1 to establish a Telnet session:
telnet 10.0.0.1
3. Enter the account name (prom) and password (prom):
Switch login: prom
Password: xxxx
4. Enter 6 (Remake Filesystem) from the displayed menu 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 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 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:
user: images
password: images
c. Enter the following commands 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 to close the FTP session.
ftp>quit
e. Enter one of the following commands to establish communications with the switch using Telnet.
telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
2 seconds