Model : RS316-07 Hybrid EXP-
BP (COBRA) User’s Manual
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Management
To manage backplane, users can connect a serial console cable to backplane or expander
UART through RS232 COM port on system host. Refer to
Out-Of-Band through serial console
(Page14)
for the details of the serial console cable and the console terminal setting.
There are some useful commands for users to check expander status, conduct firmware update
and debug issue when required.
Useful Console Commands
Function
Command
help
To list the usage of the CLI commands
Show/Set the current
date [ set <newdate(*)> ]
Reset the expander
reset [watchdog]
Display phy info.
phyinfox [ -i [(1 .. NumBpc] ] | -s
-i : show phy info of BPC expander
-s : show SES Array Device info of CSE BRC
(bridge console only)
Configuration update
fdl 1 0 y
Download and Update MFG configuration.
(feed it with 'MFG image file')
Firmware Update
Fdl 0 0 y
Download and update firmware
Display info for all phys
phyinfo [help|edfb|power|cable]
[up|<PhyNum(D)>]
- no arguments displays default output
- 'help' displays detailed help information
- 'edfb' subcommand displays EDFB info
- 'power' subcommand displays power mgmt info
- 'up' filters to display connected phys only
- 'cable' subcommand displays cable mgmt info
- <PhyNum> is a valid phy index and filters the
output to display info about that phy
Display or reset all phy
counters
counters [config|event|reset]
- no arguments displays phy error counters and
generic broadcast counters
- 'config' subcommand displays phy event
configuration
- 'event' subcommand displays phy event
counters
- 'reset' subcommand resets all phy counters
Display expander
sasaddr [-d]
