[Info-vax] HP SAN switch question

[Eberhard Heuser]

Am 15.02.2016 um 19:06 schrieb Hans Vlems via Info-vax:
> I have a DS20E running the latest firmware fitted with a 2Gb/s fiber channel interface. And an EMC SAN storage cabinet, a Clarion <mumble>.
> So I managed to get an HP SAN switch 2/16V. No documentation, no configuration details from a previous owner.
> With the switch I got separately three 1000 Mb/s optical interfaces that I put in slots 1, 2 and 3 of the switch.
> I connected its serial interface to a pc and ran Putty hoping the box would offer some help. Nothing shows. The ethernet interface has no IP address configured in a range that I've tried.
> There are no buttons on the switch on the outside.
> There is one LED blinking yellow and green in a 1Hz interval. Next to the led is an exclamation mark which makes me think the box isn't well.
>
> 1 Is there a way to talk to the serial interface ?
> 2 can the switch be returned to factory settings?
> 3 is the 2/16v a rebadged brocade device, if so which one?
>
> I am reading the wwidmgr guide, perhaps that will give me a clue.
>
> Hans
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The serial line only gets active if a serial cable is connected between 
the switch and
a PC during the startup phase of the switch:

Plug in the serial cable, active a program that talks to the serial line 
(i.e. putty with 9600 baud; 8bit; 1 stop bit; no parity; xon/xoff)),
unplug and plugin the power cable then you'll see messages from the switch.

The switch has an java based webinterface (an oldf java version 6 update 
5 Build 1.6.0_05-b13) that tells you more about problems of the machine.

Hope this helps
Eberhard