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3.Enter admin mode by entering “admin start”

4.Disable the target port by entering the command “set port x state offline” where x is the number of the port. For this example, we used “4

5.Confirm the status by entering “show port”again.

QLogic: USERID>

admin

start

 

 

 

 

 

QLogic (admin): USERID> set port 4 state offline

 

 

 

QLogic (admin): USERID> show port

 

 

 

 

 

 

Admin

 

Operational

Login

Config

Running

Link

Link

Port

State

 

State

Status

Type

Type

State

Speed

----

-----

 

-----------

------

------

-------

-----

-----

Ext1:0

Online

Online

LoggedIn

GL

F

Active

1Gb/s

Ext2:15

Online

Offline

NotLoggedIn

GL

Unknown

Inactive

Auto

Bay1

Online

Online

LoggedIn

F

F

Active

2Gb/s

Bay2

Online

Offline

NotLoggedIn

F

Unknown

Inactive

2Gb/s

Bay3

Online

Offline

NotLoggedIn

F

Unknown

Inactive

2Gb/s

Bay4

Offline

Offline

NotLoggedIn

F

Unknown

Inactive

2Gb/s

Bay5

Online

Offline

NotLoggedIn

F

Unknown

Inactive

2Gb/s

Bay6

Online

Offline

NotLoggedIn

F

Unknown

Inactive

2Gb/s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 10 Port Status Offline

2.4.2.2 Using SANSurfer GUI

1.Start the SANSurfer GUI. If the fabric has not already been discovered, click Fabric-Add Fabric and enter the IP address of the target QLogic switch in the window that will pop up - That should open SAN Browser.

2.Click the handle in the left pane to drop down the switch - highlight it and the faceplate will appear in the right pane.

Figure 11 SANSurfer Switch Faceplate

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