Blade Network Technologies stacked switches may be seen as standby switches in the AMM

Troubleshooting

Problem

The Advanced Management Module (AMM) may not display the correct Stacking Mode or Protected Mode configuration information of Blade Network Technologies (BNT) switches after a Master Failover or restart of the switch stack.

Resolving The Problem

Source

RETAIN tip: H206633

Symptom

Affected configurations

The system is configured with one or more of the following IBM Options:

BNT 1/10 Gigabit Uplink Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter, Option part number 44W4404, any replacement part number
BNT Virtual Fabric 10 Gigabit Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter, Option part number 46C7191, any replacement part number
BladeCenter Advanced Management Module, Option part number 25R5778, any replacement part number

This tip is not system specific.

This tip is not software specific.

Solution

This behavior is corrected by updating AMM and BNT firmware.

Update to AMM firmware version 3.62S Build ID: BPET62S or later, and BNT firmware version 6.8.10.0.

Note: BNT firmware version 7.x does not contain the fix.

The firmwares are available by selecting the appropriate product group, type of system, product name, product machine type and operating system on IBM Support's Fix Central web page, at the following URL:

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/

Document Location

Worldwide

Operating System

System x Hardware Options:Operating system independent / None

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