Brocade 3800 serial connection

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I already have one of those adaptors but as you can see the switch uses the console port itself so the situation is flipped. I think the cable isn't the correct one for that switch model. That cable seems to be for a switch model that uses the RJ45 as the console port and not a DB9.

Enter switchstatuspolicyshow to verify the current policy settings. If desired, enter switchstatuspolicyset at the prompt to change switch policy settings.

This command sets the policy parameters that determine the overall switch status. To deactivate the alarm for a particular condition, enter 0 at the prompt for that condition. By default, the switch is enabled after power on and after the diagnostics and switch initialization routines have completed. You can disable and re-enable the switch as necessary. All FC ports on the switch are taken offline.

If the switch was part of a fabric, the fabric reconfigures. If the switch has ISLs to a fabric, it joins the fabric. Connect to the switch and log in as admin as described in Connect to the Command Line Interface. Issue the portenable portnumber command, where portnumber is the number of the port you want to enable. Issue portdisable portnumber command, where portnumber is the number of the port you want to disable.

DPOD functionality does not require a predefined assignment of ports. Port assignment is determined by the total number of ports in use as well as the number of purchased ports. A compute module that does not have a functioning HBA is not treated as an active link for the purpose of initial POD port assignment. ICX Switch config jumbo. Jumbo mode setting requires a reload to take effect! ICX Switch config write memory Write startup-config done.

ICX Switch reload. Are you sure? Reload request sent to attached stack member s Rebooting ICX Switch config ip address ICX Switch ping ICX Switch show flash. ICX Switch copy tftp flash Flash Memory Write bytes per dot Automatic copy to member units: ICX Switch config vlan name bcn.

ICX Switch show version. Copyright c Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. ICX Switch copy tftp license Flash Memory Write bytes per dot. Copy software license to stack unit 2 success Flash Memory Write bytes per dot. ICX Switch show license. Act u2: 1, Mem u1: 0 reset unit 1: jumbo mismatch. Act u2: 1, Mem u1: 0 Unit 2 loses all neighbors.

Active unit 2 deletes u1 but keeps its static config. Synchronize startup config to stack unit 1 Flash Memory Write bytes per dot. Assigned unit 1 to be standby start running config sync Running config sync to standby is complete. This unit will delete all config files and boot up as a clean unit.

Remove startup config and stacking files. Skip password check when the system is up. OK OK. Personal tools Log in. Namespaces Page Discussion. Views Read View source View history.

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Note : Super User level password can be an alphanumeric string, but cannot begin with a number. Warning : Be sure to have your switches on UPSes before flashing them! As with all devices, a power loss during the flash process may cause the switch to become unusable.

Note : We will be flashing both switches at once as they are stacked. Note : It takes a while to reboot because it will update the firmware of the second node. Please be patient. Back-Channel Network]]. All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Honored Contributor. You can use any serial port communication program to connect to the console port.

Try hyperterminal, putty or whatever you have. Did this the cable come with the switches? All the switches I have are standalone non embedded and I have found out that only the cable that comes with the brocade switches works, any other standard serial cable does not.