Shutting Down & Powering up a Fabric

Shutting Down the Fabric

Perform the following steps to successfully shut down the fabric:
1. Shut down all host devices.
2. Shut down all storage devices.
3. Shut down all edge switches.
4. Shut down all core switches.


Bringing up steps:

1. Make sure all switches and devices are powered off.
2. Power on the fabric:
a. Power on the core switches.
b. Power on the first edge switch to merge the core switches and the edge switch as one fabric.
c. Power on the remaining edge switches.
3. Verify the fabric configuration.
4. Power on the devices:
a. Power on or connect the storage devices.
b. Power on or connect the host devices.
5. Verify the SAN.