Setcontext – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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setContext

Sets the logical switch context to a specified FID.

Synopsis

setcontext FID

Description

Use this command to set the logical switch context to a specified fabric ID (FID). The FID uniquely
defines a partition as a logical switch. Use lscfg --show -cfg to display currently configured
partitions and their FIDs.

A logical switch context defines the boundaries within which a user can execute commands in a
Virtual Fabric-aware environment. In a Virtual Fabric-aware environment, all commands are
context-specific. When a user executes a switch-wide command, the command applies to the
current logical switch context.

On legacy platforms, or if a logical switch context is not set explicitly, switch commands apply to the
default logical switch context (FID 128). When the context is changed, switch-wide commands
apply to the new logical switch context.

You must have chassis permissions to access all logical switches in the chassis and to use the
setContext command to change the current context to any partition configured on the chassis. A
user without chassis permissions can change contexts only within the list of FIDs specified in the
user's access permissions. Refer to userConfig for more 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.

If a logical switch FID is deleted, users logged into that switch are logged out.

Operands

This command has the following operand:

FID

Specifies the fabric ID of the logical switch instance for which the context is
set.

Examples

To change the logical switch context to FID 20:

switch:admin>

setcontext 20