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Fabric OS Command Reference

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fcpRlsShow

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fcpRlsShow

Displays the Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) Read Link Status (RLS) information.

SYNOPSIS

fcprlsshow [slot/]port

DESCRIPTION

Use this command to display the FCP RLS information for an F_Port or FL_Port. This information
describes the number of loss-of-signal, loss-of-sync, CRC errors, and other failure events detected on
the specified port.

For this command to gather and display F_Port error statistics,

you must enable the configuration parameter: Disable Device Probing = 0 (Enables device probing.
By default Device probing is enabled).

you must enable RLS Probing in the following ways: Use the fcprlsprobe --startcommand which
enables RLS Probing or use the configure command "Disable RLS Probing" to enable RLS
probing. Disable RLS Probing = Off (Enables RLS Probing) by default RLS probing is disabled.

Use the fcprlsprobe --show command to view the RLS information.

NOTES

The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may be in
place. Refer to Chapter 1, "Using Fabric OS Commands" and Appendix A, "Command Availability" for
details.

OPERANDS

This command has the following operands:

slot

For bladed systems only, specifies the slot number of the port to display, followed
by a slash (/).

port

Specifies the port number to display, relative to its slot for bladed systems. Use
switchShow for a listing of valid ports. This operand is required.

EXAMPLES

To display the FCP RLS information:

switch:admin> fcprlsshow 9
RLS Probing Statistics for port 9
=================================

AL_PA 0x1
==========
RLS Probe Status : SUCCESS
Last Updated : Mar 4 03:17:50 2012
-----------------------------------------------------------
link fail loss sync loss sig prtc err bad word crc err
-----------------------------------------------------------
1138 65047 1138 0 4996278 71

AL_PA 0x2
==========
RLS Probe Status : FAIL (RLS Send timed out)
Last Updated : Mar 4 03:17:50 2012

AL_PA 0x3
==========
RLS Probe Status : SUCCESS