Boot, Interpreting post results, Powering off the brocade vdx 6730 – Brocade VDX 6730 Hardware Reference Manual (Supporting VDX 6730-32 and VDX 6730-76) User Manual

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Interpreting POST results

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Boot

In addition to POST, boot includes the following tasks after POST is complete:

Performs universal port configuration.

Initializes links.

Analyzes fabric. If any ports are connected to other switches, the switch participates in a fabric
configuration.

Obtains a domain ID and assigns port addresses.

Constructs unicast routing tables.

Enables normal port operation.

Interpreting POST results

POST is a system check that is performed each time the switch is powered on, rebooted, or reset.
During POST, the LEDs flash either amber or green. Any errors that occur during POST are listed in
the error log.

Complete the following steps to determine whether POST completed successfully and whether any
errors were detected.

1. Verify that the switch LEDs indicate that all components are healthy.

See

Table 3

and

Table 4

for descriptions and interpretations of LED patterns.

2. Verify that the switch prompt displays on the terminal of a computer workstation connected to

the switch.

If there is no switch prompt when POST completes, press Enter. If the switch prompt still does
not display, try opening a Telnet session or accessing the switch through another management
tool. If this is not successful, the switch did not successfully complete POST. Contact your
switch supplier for repair.

3. Review the switch system log for errors. Any errors detected during POST are written to the

system log, accessible through the show logging raslog command.

For information about all referenced commands, and on accessing the error log, refer to the
Brocade Network OS Administrator’s Guide. For information about error messages, refer to the
Brocade Network OS Message Reference.

Powering off the Brocade VDX 6730

To power off the Brocade VDX 6730, power off both power supplies by setting each power supply
switch to “

O” for the Brocade VDX 6730-32 or unplugging the power supplies for the Brocade VDX

6730-76.

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