The the web client allows you to turn on, turn off, or power cycle individual I/O blades in the library. It takes approximately 3 minutes to power cycle a blade.
You might want to turn on, turn off, or power cycle individual I/O blades when troubleshooting an I/O blade, such as when resolving a Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) ticket.
Turning off an I/O blade will cause the library to temporarily lose communication with connected host applications.
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NOTE: This operation should not be performed concurrently by multiple administrators logged in from different locations. You can access the appropriate screens, but you cannot apply changes while another administrator is performing the same operation. |
You need administrator privileges to perform blade power operations.
The Setup - Blade Control screen displays. The screen lists all the I/O blades found in the library.
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