McDATA 3232 Manual Do Utilizador

3. Turn off both power switches at the rear of the unit.

4. If servicing the switch, disconnect the power cord(s) from the 

input power module at the rear of the switch. This step is not 
required when performing a power cycle.

A switch reset using the IML button (at the switch front panel) or IPL 
(at the Product Manager application) are functionally equivalent. 
They:

•

Perform partial power-on diagnostics, reset functional logic for 
the CTP card, and load firmware from FLASH memory to 
random-access memory (RAM) without powering off the switch.

•

Reset the Ethernet local area network (LAN) interface, causing 
the connection to the EFC Server to drop momentarily until the 
connection automatically recovers.

•

Automatically enable changes to an active zone configuration.

•

Keep all configured fabric logins, name server registrations, and 
operating parameters intact.

•

Automatically set the switch online. The blocked state of each 
Fibre Channel port remains intact.

A switch reset or IPL should be performed only if a CTP card failure 

is indicated. Do not reset or IPL the switch unless directed to do so by a 
procedural step or the next level of support.

Resetting the switch with the IML button causes the switch to 
perform an initial machine load (IML) that takes approximately 30 
seconds.

To reset the switch:

1. At the switch front panel, press and hold the IML button for 

approximately three seconds.

2. During the reset, the switch-to-EFC Server Ethernet link drops 

momentarily and the following occurs at the Product Manager 
application: