Brocade X7-8 multiple port blades faulty after power on
Applies to
- Brocade X7-8
- FC64-48 Port Blade
- Brocade Fabric OS (FOS)
Issue
- Two switch blades in a new director show FAULTY (21)inslotshow:
Slot   Blade Type     ID    Status-----------------------------------  1     CP BLADE    220     ENABLED  2     CP BLADE    220     ENABLED  3     SW BLADE    216     ENABLED  4     SW BLADE    216     FAULTY (21)  5     SW BLADE    216     FAULTY (21)  6     SW BLADE    216     ENABLED  7     CORE BLADE  215     ENABLED  8     CORE BLADE  215     ENABLED  9     SW BLADE    216     ENABLED 10     SW BLADE    216     ENABLED 11     UNKNOWN             VACANT 12     UNKNOWN             VACANT- Reseating one or both blades does not bring the port blades up as ENABLED.
- For example, slot 4 fails first and slot 5 fails after, as per console output or errdump:
11:50:23, [BL-1002], 5394, SLOT 2 | FFDC | CHASSIS, CRITICAL, switch, Init Failed: slot 4 DISABLED because internal ports were not ONLINE, ports: 41 42 43 44 45 46 105 106 107 108 109 110 .11:50:23, [EM-1134], 5395, SLOT 2 | FFDC | CHASSIS, ERROR, switch, Slot 4 set to faulty, rc=20015.11:54:38, [BL-1002], 5407, SLOT 2 | FFDC | CHASSIS, CRITICAL, switch, Init Failed: slot 5 DISABLED because internal ports were not ONLINE, ports: 110 .11:54:38, [EM-1134], 5408, SLOT 2 | FFDC | CHASSIS, ERROR, switch, Slot 5 set to faulty, rc=20015.