Log

portLogClear Clear port activity log

portLogConfigShow Display port log configuration
portLogDump Print port log (no page breaks)
portLogDumpPort
portLogEventShow
Print port log (no page breaks)
Display information about port log events
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portLogPdisc Set or clear the debug_pdisc_flag Quick Guide
portLogReset Enable portlog facility 13 June 2005 version 1.0
portLogResize Resize the port log Cover trough FOS v5.0
portLogShow Print port activity log
portLogShowPort Print port activity log
portLogTypeDisable Disable portlog facility
portLogTypeEnable Enable portlog facility

Diag
portDebug Set debug level and verbosity level of port modules
portLedTest Cycles user port LEDs
portLoopbackTest Functional test of port N->N path
portRegTest Reads and writes test of the ASIC SRAMs and registers
portTest Performs a functional test of a switch in a live fabric
portTestShow Displays information from portTest

PortSwap
portSwap Swaps area numbers
portSwapDisable Disable portswap feature
portSwapEnable Enable portswap feature
portSwapShow Display port and area information

Routing
portRouteShow Display various routing tables for a port

Reset
fastBoot Reboot this switch, bypassing POST
reboot Reboot this processor
switchReboot Halts and reboots the operational switch
switchShutdown Halts the operational switch
switchStart Initializes a previously shut down switch

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Table of Content Port
Info
fabPortShow Display contents of a particular port's data
Table of Content......................................................................... 2 portAlpaShow Show the ALPAs of a port
portBufferShow Print the buffer allocations for the ports of a quad
Shell ............................................................................................ 4 portCamShow Display filter utilization
General .................................................................................................... 4 portErrShow Print port error summary
Acounting ................................................................................................. 4 portFlagsShow Display the port status bitmaps of all ports in a switch
Tracking (Audit) ........................................................................................ 4
portLoginShow Displays port login (PLOGI) status
License ....................................................................................... 4 portPerfShow Print port throughput numbers
portShow Print state of specified port
SupportShow ............................................................................. 4 portStats64Show Display the 64-bit hardware statistics for a port
portStatsClear Clear the status of a specified switch port
Firmware ..................................................................................... 5
portStatsShow Print hardware statistics
Zoning Command ...................................................................... 5 sfpShow Displays serial ID SFP information
Alias ......................................................................................................... 5
Zone......................................................................................................... 5 Config
Config....................................................................................................... 5 portCfg Sets a port's configuration to be disabled or enabled
Fabric Assist ............................................................................................. 5 portCfgDefault Restore the port configuration to defaults
QuickLoop ................................................................................................ 5 portCfgEPort Enable/Disable a port from becoming E_Port
Global....................................................................................................... 7 portCfgGPort Lock a port as a G_Port
Configure a port to be ISL R_RDY Mode
Licensed Product ....................................................................... 7 portCfgISLMode
enabled/disabled
Secure FOS.............................................................................................. 7 portCfgLongDistance Configure a Long Distance Port
Advanded Performance Monitoring............................................................ 8 portCfgLPort Lock a port as a L_Port
FabricWatch ............................................................................................. 8 portCfgMcastLoopback Configures a port to receive multicast frames
FICON Support ......................................................................................... 9
portCfgPersistentDisable Persistently disable a port
Diagnostics & Test................................................................... 10 portCfgPersistentEnable Enable a persistently disabled port
General ...................................................................................................10 portCfgShow Displays port configuration settings.
Fabric ......................................................................................................10 portCfgSpeed Configure a port to a particular speed level
Blade.......................................................................................................11 portCfgTrunkPort Configure a port for trunking
ASIC .......................................................................................................11 portDisable Disable a specified port
Memory ...................................................................................................11 portEnable Enable a specified port
Switch .....................................................................................................11 portName Assign or display the name associated with a port
setGbicMode Enables or disables media mode
Routing ..................................................................................... 12
Genral .....................................................................................................12 setMediaMode Enables or disables media mode
Static .......................................................................................................12 setSfpMode Enables or disables media mode
FSPF (Fabric Shortest Path First) .............................................................12 setSplbMode Sets or displays single port loopback (SPLB) mode
DLS (Dynamic Load Sharing) ...................................................................12
IOD (In Order Delivery) ............................................................................12
FC Protocol .............................................................................. 12
Services .................................................................................... 13
Management Server.................................................................................13
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 Name Server ...........................................................................................13
Switch Network ...................................................................................................13
Snmp.......................................................................................................13
Info Syslog .....................................................................................................13
enclosureShow Displays attributes of the switch enclosure Time ........................................................................................................14
httpCfgShow Displays the Java plug-in version Security ...................................................................................................14
i Display process summary FDMI .......................................................................................................14
switchBeacon Set switch beacon on or off FC Multicast.............................................................................................14
switchName Print/set this switch's name
Fabric ........................................................................................ 15
switchShow Print switch and port status
Info..........................................................................................................15
switchStatusPolicyShow Print policy parameters for overall switch status Config......................................................................................................15
switchStatusShow Print overall switch status Log ..........................................................................................................15
switchUptime Display the amount of time for which the switch is up ISL ..........................................................................................................15
Displays length of time the system has been operational
upTime
(OS) Chassis ..................................................................................... 16
wwn Display the switch WWN Info..........................................................................................................16
Config......................................................................................................16
Config Log ..........................................................................................................16
configDefault Reset config to factory default Blade.......................................................................................................16
configDownload Load switch config from a server HA (Director Switch only) .........................................................................17
configShow Print switch config parameters
configUpload Save switch config to a server
Switch ....................................................................................... 18
Info..........................................................................................................18
configure Set switch config parameters
Config......................................................................................................18
date Print/set the system date and time
Diag ........................................................................................................18
Displays/enables/disables Brocade switch
interopMode
interoperability with switches from other manufacturers
Port ........................................................................................... 19
switchCfgPersistentDisable Persistently disable a switch
Info..........................................................................................................19
switchCfgPersistentEnable Enable a persistently disabled switch
Config......................................................................................................19
Configures all ports of the switch to a particular speed
switchCfgSpeed
level
Log ..........................................................................................................20
switchCfgTrunk Configure all ports on the switch for trunking Diag ........................................................................................................20
switchDisable Disable this switch
PortSwap.................................................................................................20
Routing....................................................................................................20
switchEnable Enable this switch
Reset.......................................................................................................20
switchStatusPolicySet Set policy parameters for overall switch status

Diag
traceDump generate/remove trace dump or display trace dump status
traceFtp add/remove/display trace triggers
traceTrig enable/disable trace auto-FTP or transfer trace dump

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Shell HA (Director Switch only)
haDisable Disables the High Availability feature in the switch
General haDump
Displays information about the status of the High Availability
feature in the switch
exit Logs out from a shell session haEnable Enables the High Availability feature in the switch
h Print shell history Forces the failover mechanism so that the standby control
haFailover
killTelnet Terminate telnet/serial login sessions interactively processor (CP) becomes the active CP
login Login as a new user haShow Displays control processor (CP) status
logout Logout from remote session haSyncStart Enables HA state synchronization
myId Display the current login session details haSyncStop Disables the HA state synchronization

quietMode Displays/enables/disables quietmode on telnet session

shellFlowControlDisable Disable xon-xoff flow control on console serial port
shellFlowControlEnable Enable xon-xoff flow control on console serial port
supportFtp set support Ftp parameters
timeout Sets or displays the idle timeout value for a login session
bannerSet Set security banner
bannerShow Display security banner

Acounting
passwd Set usernames and passwords
userConfig Manages user accounts
userRename Renames the user login name

Tracking (Audit)
trackChangesHelp Displays information on track-changes feature commands
trackChangesSet Displays information on track-changes feature commands
trackChangesShow Displays status of track-changes feature

License
licenseAdd Add a license to this switch
licenseHelp Print license help info
licenseIdShow Show system license ID
licenseRemove Remove a license from this switch
licenseShow Show current licenses

SupportShow
supportSave retrieve support data from switch to host
supportShow Prints switch information for debugging purposes.
Disables a group of commands under supportshow
supportShowCfgDisable command.
Enables a group of commands under supportshow
supportShowCfgEnable command.
Displays the groups of commands enabled for display. by
supportShowCfgShow the supportshow command.

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Chassis Firmware
firmwareCommit Commit firmware to stable storage
Info
firmwareDownload Download firmware into switch
chassisName Display or set the chassis's Name
firmwareDownloadStatus Display the progress and status of firmwareDownload
chassisShow Display all Field Replaceable Units (FRU)
firmwareRestore Restore the old firmware in the switch
fanShow Print fan status
firmwareShow Display firmware versions in the switch
memShow Display memory usage in the system.
version Print firmware version
psShow Print power supply status
sensorShow Display sensor readings Zoning Command
tempShow Print temperature readings
voltShow Displays current level of the voltage sensors on a system Alias
Config aliAdd Add a member to a zone alias

chassisConfig aliCreate Create a zone alias

Display or set the chassis configuration
aliDelete Delete a zone alias
fanDisable Disables a fan unit
aliRemove Remove a member from a zone alias
fanEnable Enables a fan unit
aliShow Print zone alias information
fruReplace Interactive interface to replace a field replaceable unit (FRU)

Zone
Log
zoneAdd Add a member to a zone
errClear Clear error log
zoneCreate Create a zone
Sets the error log start and end delimiter for messages sent
errDelimiterSet
to the console and syslog zoneDelete Delete a zone
errDump Print error log (no page breaks) zoneRemove Remove a member from a zone
errFilterSet Sets a filter for an error log destination zoneShow Print zone information
errModuleShow Displays all the defined error log module
errShow Print error log Config
Displays the latest entry in the field replaceable unit (FRU) cfgAdd Add a member to a configuration
historyLastShow
history log
cfgCreate Create a zone configuration
historyMode Displays the mode of the history log
cfgDelete Delete a zone configuration
historyShow Displays the entire field replaceable unit (FRU) history log
cfgRemove Remove a member from a configuration
Blade cfgShow Print zone configuration information
cfgDisable Disable a zone configuration
bladeBeacon Sets blade beaconing mode on or off
cfgEnable Enable a zone configuration
bladeDisable Disables all user ports on a blade
cfgActvShow Display Effective zone configuration information
bladeEnable Enables all user ports on a blade
powerOffListSet Sets slot power-off list order
Fabric Assist
powerOffListShow Displays slot power-off list order
faZoneAdd Add a member to a fabric assist zone
Enables or disables modem dial-in to a control processor
setModem
(CP) faZoneCreate Create a fabric assist zone
slotOff Disables a blade slot faZoneDelete Delete a fabric assist zone
slotOn Enables a blade slot faZoneRemove Remove a member from a fabric assist zone
slotPowerOff Enables a blade slot faZoneShow Print Fabric Assist Zone information
slotPowerOn Restores power to a slot
slotShow Displays the status of all slots in the system QuickLoop
qloopAdd Add a member to a qloop
qloopCreate Create a qloop

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 qloopDelete Delete a qloop
Fabric
qloopRemove Remove a member from a qloop
qloopShow Print qloop information
Info
fabricShow Print fabric membership info
fabStatsShow Display statistics information
fabSwitchShow Display fabric switch state information
topologyShow Display the unicast fabric topology

Config
fabricPrincipal Displays/enables/disables Principal Switch Selection mode

Log
fabricLog Display or manipulates the fabric log
fabStateClear Clear the queue of fabric state information
fabStateResize Changes the number of state entries
fabStateShow Display debug previously logged messages

ISL
fabRetryShow Display retry count of various fabric commands (ISL)
islShow Display the current connections and status
trunkDebug Debug a trunk link failure
trunkShow Display trunking information

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 syslogdIpAdd Add syslog daemon IP address
Global
syslogdIpRemove Remove syslog daemon IP address
cfgClear Clear all zone configurations
syslogdIpShow Print the syslog daemon targets
cfgSave Save zone configurations in flash
cfgSize Print size details of zone database
cfgTransAbort Abort zone configuration transaction

Time cfgTransShow Print zone configurations in transaction buffer

zoneObjectCopy Copies a zone object
tsClockServer Displays or sets the NTP server address
zoneObjectExpunge Expunges a zone object
tsTimeZone Displays or sets the time zone
zoneObjectRename Renames a zone object
Security
aaaConfig Configure RADIUS for AAA services
Licensed Product
pkiCreate Creates public key infrastructure (PKI) objects
Secure FOS
pkiRemove Remove existing public key infrastructure (PKI) objects
pkiShow authUtil Get and set authentication configuration
Displays existing public key infrastructure (PKI) objects
secCertUtil secActiveSize Displays the size of the active security database
Manages third-party PKI-based certificates in the switch
secAuthSecret Manages DH-CHAP shared secret key information
FDMI secDefineSize Displays the size of the defined security database
Display abbreviated remote FDMI device information secFabricShow Displays security related fabric information
fdmiCacheShow
according to remote domain ID Enables a backup FCS switch to take over as primary FCS
secFCSFailover
fdmiShow Display detailed FDMI device information switch
secGlobalShow Displays the current internal security state information
FC Multicast secHelp Display information about security telnet commands
aliasDelete Deletes a port from all local groups secModeDisable Disable security mode
aliasJoin Creates a group of N-Ports secModeEnable Enable security mode
aliasPurge Removes an alias group secModeShow Display if security mode is enabled or disabled
aliasShow Print Alias Server information secNonFcsPasswd Set the admin password for non-FCS switches
Aborts all changes to the defined database that have not
secPolicyAbort
been saved
secPolicyActivate Apply defined policy set to all switches in the fabric
secPolicyAdd Add members to an existing policy
secPolicyCreate Create a new policy
secPolicyDelete Delete an existing policy
secPolicyDump Display all members of existing policies
secPolicyFCSMove Move a member in the FCS policy
secPolicyRemove Remove members from an existing policy
Save a defined security policy to flash memory on all
secPolicySave
switches in the fabric
secPolicyShow Display an existing security policy
secStatsReset Reset security statistic for a policy or all policies to 0
secStatsShow Display security statistic for a policy or for all policies
secTempPasswdReset Reset a password on a remote switch
secTempPasswdSet Set a temporary password on a remote switch
secTransAbort Abort current security transaction
secVersionReset Reset the version stamp to 0

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Advanded Performance Monitoring Services
perfAddEEMonitor Add end-to-end monitor
perfAddIPMonitor Add monitor for IP trafic frame count Management Server
perfAddReadMonitor Add filter-based monitor - SCSI Read msCapabilityShow Display Management Server Capability.
perfAddRWMonitor Add monitor - SCSI Read and Write msConfigure Configure Management Server
perfAddSCSIMonitor Add monitor for SCSI frame count msPlatShow Display the Management Server Platform Database
perfAddUserMonitor Add filter-based monitor msPlatShowDBCB Display the Management Server Database Control Block
perfAddWriteMonitor Add filter-based monitor - SCSI Write Clear the Management Server Platform Database fabric-
msPlClearDB
perfCfgClear Save Performance configuration to FLASH wide
Activate the Management Server Platform Database fabric-
perfCfgRestore Restore Performance configuration from FLASH msPlMgmtActivate
wide
perfCfgSave Clear Performance settings from FLASH Deactivate the Management Server Platform Database
msPlMgmtDeactivate
perfClearEEMonitor Clear end-to-end monitors' counters fabric-wide
Disables the Management Server Topology Discovery
perfClearFilterMonitor Clear filter-based monitors' counters msTdDisable
Management Service
perfClrAlpaCrc Clear ALPA device's CRC count Enables the Management Server Topology Discovery
msTdEnable
Management Service
perfDelEEMonitor Delete end-to-end monitor
Display status of Management Server Topology Discovery
perfDelFilterMonitor Delete filter-based monitor msTdReadConfig
Service
perfHelp Print Performance Monitoring help info
perfMonitorClear Clear end-to-end/filter-based/ISL monitors Name Server
perfMonitorShow Show end-to-end/filter-based/ISL monitors Display all the devices' PID matching the given world wide
nodeFind
name
perfSetPortEEMask Set overall mask for end-to-end monitors
nsAliasShow Display local Name Server information with Aliases
perfShowAlpaCrc Get ALPA CRC count by port and ALPA
nsAllShow Print global Name Server information
perfShowEEMonitor Show user-defined end-to-end monitors
nscamShow Print local Name Server Cache information
perfShowFilterMonitor Show filter-based monitors
nsShow Print local Name Server information
perfShowPortEEMask Show the current end-to-end mask Display the information of all the online devices which are
nsZoneMember
zoned with the given device.
FabricWatch nsStatShow Display local Name Server Statistical information
fwAlarmsFilterSet Configure alarms filtering for Fabric Watch
fwAlarmsFilterShow Show alarms filtering for Fabric Watch
Network
fwClassInit Initialize all Fabric Watch classes dnsConfig Configure DNS service
fwConfigReload Reload Fabric Watch configuration ifModeSet Set the link operating mode for a network interface
fwConfigure Configure Fabric Watch ifModeShow Display the link operating mode for a network interface
fwFruCfg Configure FRU state and notification ipAddrSet Set ethernet and FC IP addresses
fwHelp Print Fabric Watch help info ipAddrShow Print ethernet and FC IP addresses
fwMailCfg Configure Fabric Watch Email Alert
Snmp
fwPortDetailShow Create a report with detailed port information
fwSamShow Show availability monitor information agtCfgDefault Reset SNMP agent to factory default
fwSet Set port persistence time agtCfgSet Set SNMP agent configuration
fwSetToCustom Set boundary & alarm level to custom agtCfgShow Print SNMP agent configuration
fwSetToDefault Set boundary & alarm level to default snmpConfig Manages the SNMP agent configuration
fwShow Show thresholds monitored and port persistence time snmpMibCapSet Set options for configuring SNMP Mib/Trap Capability
snmpMibCapShow Show SNMP Mib/Trap Configuration

Syslog
syslogdFacility Changes the syslog facility

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 FICON Support
Routing Displays all RNID (Registered Node Identification Data) for
ficonshow RNID
FICON devices connected to the local switch.
Genral ficonshow RNID fabric Displays all RNID entries within the fabric.
aptPolicy Get and set Advanced Performance Tuning policy Displays all LIRR (Link Incident Record Registration) entries
ficonshow LIRR
for FICON hosts that registered with the local switch.
portRouteShow Display various routing tables for a port
ficonshow LIRR fabric Displays all LIRR entries within the fabric.
routeHelp Print routing help info
ficonshow SwitchRNID Displays switch node identification data of the local switch.
bcastShow Display broadcast routing information ficonshow SwitchRNID Displays switch node identification data of each switch in the
pathInfo Display routing information between two ports fabric fabric.
Displays all RLIR (Registered Link Incident Record) entries
ficonshow RLIR
Static within the local switch.
ficonshow RLIR fabric Displays all RLIR entries within the fabric.
uRouteConfig Configure a static route Displays all ILIR (Implicit Link Incident Record) entries within
ficonshow ILIR
uRouteRemove Remove a static route the local switch.
uRouteShow Display unicast routing information ficonshow ILIR fabric Displays all ILIR entries within the fabric.
ficonclear RLIR Clears the RLIR entries from the local RLIR database
FSPF (Fabric Shortest Path First) Clears the 'not current' entries from the local RNID
ficonclear RNID
database.
Displays Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) protocol
fspfShow ficoncupset Sets FICON-CUP parameters for a switch
information
interfaceShow Display the FSPF (TM) interface information ficoncupshow Displays FICON-CUP parameters for a switch
linkCost Set or print the FSPF cost of a link ficonHelp Displays a list of FICON support commands
lSDbShow Display the FSPF Link State Database ficondbg FICON Debugging
nbrStateShow Display FSPF neighbors' states
nbrStatsClear Reset the FSPF interface counters

DLS (Dynamic Load Sharing)

dlsReset Turn off the dynamic load sharing (DLS) option
dlsSet Turn on the dynamic load sharing (DLS) option
dlsShow Display the state of the dynamic load sharing option

IOD (In Order Delivery)

iodReset Turn off the in-order delivery (IOD) option
iodSet Turn on the in-order delivery (IOD) option
iodShow Display the state of the in-order delivery option

FC Protocol
fcpLogDisable Disable logging of FCP events
fcpLogEnable Enable logging of FCP events
fcpLogShow Display FCP probing log information
fcpProbeShow Display FCP probing information
fcpRlsShow Display FCP RLS (read link state) information

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Diagnostics & Test Blade
Clears errors stored in the nonvolatile storage on the slot
burninErrClear
General during burn-in
Displays errors stored in the nonvolatile storage on the slot
Displays sample data stream types used in some diagnostic burninErrShow
dataTypeShow during burn-in
commands
burninLevel Sets the diagnostics burn-in level
dbgShow Display debug levels of various modules
burninStatus Displays the diagnostics burn-in status
diagClearError Clears diagnostics failure status.
diagSetBurnin Initializes the blade for a burnin run.
diagCommandShow Display diagnostic command descriptions.
diagStopBurnin Terminate burnin run on a blade.
diagDisablePost Disable diagnostic POST.
Tests backplane connection for a multiple-blade configured
backplaneTest
diagEnablePost Enable diagnostic POST. system
diagEnv Diagnostic debug parameters management package.
diagEsdPorts
ASIC
Sets the ESD skip-ports list
diagFailLimit Set diagnostics fail limit. backport Tests for backend ASIC-to-ASIC links
diagHelp Print diagnostic help info chipRegShow Displays the port registers for a given chip number
diagLoopId Select the diagnostics loop ID. Verifies the control message interface (CMI) bus between
cmiTest
ASICs
diagModeShow Displays diagnostic mode configuration. filterTest Tests frame filters
diagPost Set or display diagnostic POST configuration. Runs a functional test of internal and external transmit and
miniCycle
diagRetry Set or display diagnostic retry mode. receive paths at full speed
diagSetCycle Set diagnostic script parameters. minisPropShow Displays ASIC pair properties
diagSetEsdMode Set or display ESD mode. statsTest Statistics counter test for the ASICs.
Performs a functional test of ASIC pair TXA,TXD
diagsetshowtime Set or display diagnostic show-time mode. txdPath
connections
diagShow Display diagnostics status.
diagShowTime Set or display diagnostic show-time mode. Memory
diagSkipTests Set or display diagnostics skip test flags. Verifies QuickLoop's Content Addressable Memory (CAM)
camTest
diagStatus Display currently running diagnostic tests. SID translation
Sends a Fibre Channel Extended Link Service (ELS) ECHO centralMemoryTest Tests ASIC-pair central memory operation
fcPing
request to a pair of ports cmemRetentionTest Tests the data retention of the central memory SRAMs
pdShow Show information from Panic Dump file sramRetentionTest Data retention test of the miscellaneous SRAMs in ASIC.
rcsDisabled Displays whether Reliable Commit Service (RCS) is enabled turboRamTest Performs a turbo SRAM logic test for 2 Gbit/sec ASICs
setDbg Set debug level of the specified module
setEsdMode Enables or disables ESD mode Switch
setVerbose Specifies module verbose level Tests functional operation of port external transmit and
crossPortTest
receive path
Fabric fportTest Functional test of F->N, N->F point-to-point path
Functional test of switch to switch ISL cabling and trunk loopPortTest Functional test of L_Port M->M path on a loop
spinFab
group operation. slTest Tests the serial link of port N->N path
systemVerification Runs a suite of diagnostic tests on all switches in a fabric spinJitter line-speed jitter measurement
Functional test of internal and external transmit . and
spinSilk
receive paths at full speed
statsClear Clear port and diagnostic statistics.
stopPortTest Terminate the running porttest.

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