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Fabric OS Command Reference

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switchShow

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Online

The port is up and running.

Proto

Protocol support by GbE port. Valid protocols include the following:

ISCSI

The port supports ISCSI (deprecated).

FCIP

The port supports FCIP.

FCoE

The port supports Fibre Channel over Ethernet.

comment

Optionally displays one of the following:

Copper or Optical

Displays which GbE port is currently active: Copper indicates that the RJ45 GbE
port is currently active. Only copper connections are accepted (default). Optical
indicates that the currently active GbE port accepts both copper and optical
connections (SFPs). This parameter is set by the portCfgGeMediaType
command, and applies only to the ge0 and ge1 ports on the Brocade 7800.

Disabled

The port is disabled. Port disable reasons may be stated in parenthesis:

Disabled (FMS Mode)

The port is disabled and in Ficon Server Management mode.

Disabled (No area available for PID assignment)

The port is disabled because a PID could not be assigned for the stated
reason.

Disabled (persistent)

This port has been disabled with the portCfgPersistentDisable command.

Disabled (Persistently disabled port)

This port has been disabled for unspecified reasons.

Bypassed

The port is bypassed (loop only).

Loopback

The port is in loopback mode.

D_Port

Diagnostic port; D_Port feature can be configured on both E_Port and F_Port.
D_Port on E_Port displays the world wide name (WWN) of the remote switch and
D_Port on F_Port displays the world wide name (WWN) of remote port.

E_Port

Fabric port; displays the world wide name (WWN) and name of the attached
switch. If the port is configured as an EX_Port, the WWN of the attached switch is
the same as the router.

F_Port

Point-to-point port; displays the WWN of the attached N_Port. If that specific
F_Port receives 1 FDISK frame, switchShow displays the total number of NPIV
Public ports as 1, for example: F_Port 1 NPort + 1 NPIV devices.

G_Port

Point-to-point port, but not yet E_Port or F_Port.

L_Port

Loop port; displays the number of NL_Ports.