McDATA 3032, 3232 Block and Unblock Ports

4-46 McDATA® Sphereon 3032 and 3232 Fabric Switches Installation and Service Manual

Repair Information

Set Offline State To set the switch offline:

1. Notify the customer the switch is to be set offline. Ensure the

customer’s system administrator quiesces Fibre Channel frame

traffic through the switch and sets attached devices offline.

2. At the EFC Server, open the EFC Manager application. The

Product View displays.

3. Select the icon representing the switch to be set offline. The

Hardware View for the selected switch displays.

4. At the navigation control panel, select Set Online State from the

Maintenance menu. If the switch is online, the Set Online State

dialog box displays, indicating the state is ONLINE

5. Click Set Offline. A Warning dialog box displays, indicating the

switch is to be set offline.

6. Click OK. As the switch goes offline, inspect the Product Manager

application. The State field of the Status table displays OFFLINE.

Block and Unblock Ports

This section describes procedures to block or unblock the switch

ports. When a port is blocked, the port is automatically set offline.

When a port is unblocked, the port is automatically set online.

NOTE: When a port is blocked, the operation of an attached Fibre Channel

device is disrupted. Do not block a port unless directed to do so by a

procedural step or the next level of support.

Block a Port To block a port:

1. Notify the customer the port is to be blocked. Ensure the

customer’s system administrator quiesces Fibre Channel frame

traffic through the port.