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Enterprise Fabric Suite 2007 User Guide • September 2008

6.  Click the OK button.

Resetting a Switch

Resetting a switch reboots the switch using configuration parameters in memory. 
Depending on the reset type, a switch reset may or may not include a power-on self 
test or it may or may not disrupt traffic. 

 describes the types of switch 

resets.

If performing a Reset or a Hard Reset, the support files, the firmware image 

files that have not been unpacked, and the configuration backup files that were 
created on the switch will be deleted. 

To reset a switch using Enterprise Fabric Suite 2007, do the following:

1. Select the switch to be reset and open the faceplate display.

2.  Open the Switch menu and select the Reset Switch drop-down list:

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Select Hot Reset to perform a hot reset.

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Select Reset to perform a standard reset.

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Select Hard Reset to perform a hard reset.

Switch Resets

Hot Reset

Resets a switch without a Power On Self Test. This reset activates the 
pending firmware, but does not disrupt switch traffic. If errors are 
detected on a port during a hot reset, the port is reset automatically. 
Refer to 

 for more information 

about non-disruptive firmware activation.

Reset 

Resets a switch without a Power On Self Test. This reset activates the 
pending firmware and it is disruptive to switch traffic.

Hard Reset

Resets a switch with a Power On Self Test. This reset activates the 
pending firmware and it is disruptive to switch traffic.