96 Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone Hardware Reference Manual
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Brocade DCX 8510-4 chassis removal and replacement
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•Intermittent FAULTY codes for blades. Re-seat the blade and visually inspect the right-hand
ejector stiffening rail for possible wear or damage. It is important that the blade ejector
handles not slip out during blade installation. If this happens, it is usually due to excessive
wear or damage to the right-hand ejector stiffening rail.
•The psShow or fanShow commands continue to show a faulty component even though the
component was replaced.
•The slotShow command c ontin ues to show a f aulty contro l proc essor, c ore sw itch, or por t bla de
even though the blade was replaced.
Recording critical Brocade DCX 8510-4 and SAN information
All commands must be entered from a CLI session (Telnet or serial) to the active CP blade unless
otherwise indicated.
NOTE
Run supportShow, which includes most of the information in Table 1 and more. The customer should
record the location of the .txt files, which are created by the customer in this procedure and are not
called out in the supportShow results.
For detailed information about Fabric OS commands, refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference
Manual. Use a checklist (Table 1) to ensure that all required information is recorded.
TABLE 11 Critical information checklist
Checked? Data Notes
Configuration information
Location of “config-switch.txt” file
Location of “config-miscinfo.txt” file
IP address, subnet mask
WWN for Brocade DCX 8510-4
SAN profile
Location of “SANbefor.txt” file
Notes regarding nsshow output
Notes regarding nsallshow output
Notes regarding switchshow output
Notes regarding fabricshow output
Output from supportshow command
Location of “spptshow.txt” file
Notes regarding supportshow output
Information about the new chassis
New factory serial number
New serial number (if available)