Our review unit is configured with 24 ports active as part of the Brocade 6150’s base configuration, while additional ports can be activated via licensing.

The Brocade 6510 represents best-of-class Fibre Channel SAN switching, which is an important asset to the StorageReview Enterprise Storage Lab in order to ensure that network components do not bottleneck storage devices during SAN benchmarks.

With an aggregate 768Gb/s throughput and an 18-inch deep 1U footprint, the 6510 supports 2, 4, 8, 10, or 16 Gb/s Fibre Channel across 24, 36, or 48 ports of connectivity and with a feature set that can be extended via add-on licenses for a wide variety of usage scenarios. The system is halted flushing ide devices: hda Power down.The Brocade 6510 switch features up to 48 ports of Gen 5 Fibre Channel technology with specifications suitable for hyper-scale, private cloud, virtualized, and other high-bandwidth Fibre Channel environments. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.Ģ.Enter the sysShutdown command.At the prompt, type y.ģ.switch:admin> sysshutdownThis command will shutdown the operating systems on your switch.You are required to power-cycle the switch in order to restore operation.Are you sure you want to shutdown the switch ?yĤ.Wait until the following message displays:Broadcast message from root (ttyS0) Wed Jan 25 16:12:09 2006.The system is going down for system halt NOW !!INIT: Switching to run level: 0INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal Unmounting all file systems. To maintain the ground connection, leave both power cords connected to the chassis and to electrical outlet.įor both switches and Directors running Fabric OS 5.1.0 and later, it is recommended that you use the following graceful shutdown proceduresġ. This will gracefully take down the system.When you see the 'Press escape within 4 seconds to enter boot interface' message, press ESC toĥ.Power off the chassis by flipping both AC power switches to '0' (LEDs inside AC power switches shouldturn off). Thisdisables the standby CP.ģ.Enter the reboot command from the active CP. To avoid corrupting your file system, it is recommended that you perform graceful shutdowns of switches and Directors.įor Directors running Fabric OS versions prior to 5.1.x, the following procedure describe how to gracefullyshut down a Director:ġ.Verify which CP is the active CP, and log in to the active CP using a Serial Console connection.Ģ.On the standby CP, set the slider switch to the off position, or eject the standby CP from the chassis.

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