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 administrative users logged in from different locations. You can access the appropriate screens, but you cannot apply changes while another administrative user is performing the same operation. |
Users with administrative privileges can perform blade power operations, but users with user privileges cannot.
The Setup - Blade Control screen appears. The screen lists all the I/O blades found in the library.
The Progress Window appears. The Progress Window contains information on the action, elapsed time, and status of the requested operation.
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