This document contains a quick reference guide for Fabric OS commands. It lists over 50 commands that can be used to configure and manage switches running Fabric OS, including commands for configuration (configlist, configremove, etc.), diagnostic tools (diagclearerror, diagdisablepost, etc.), zone management (alicreate, alidelete, etc.), and more. The document provides short descriptions of what each command is used for.
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Fabric OS v8.0.1 Commands Quick Reference Guide
This document contains a quick reference guide for Fabric OS commands. It lists over 50 commands that can be used to configure and manage switches running Fabric OS, including commands for configuration (configlist, configremove, etc.), diagnostic tools (diagclearerror, diagdisablepost, etc.), zone management (alicreate, alidelete, etc.), and more. The document provides short descriptions of what each command is used for.
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configlist List uploaded configuration files to USB device fcrconfigure Set FC Router configuration parameters iodreset Turn off
ameters iodreset Turn off the in-order delivery option
configremove Delete a saved configuration file fcredgeshow Display the FIDs of all configured EX_Ports iodset Enable the in-order delivery option Fabric OS v8.0.1 configshow Display switch configuration parameters fcrfabricshow Display FC Routers on a backbone fabric iodshow Display the in-order delivery option setting configupload Save switch configuration to a server fcriclpathbwmonitor Sets / displays FC Router ICL monitor parameters ipaddrset Set IP address details for a switch or CP Commands Quick Reference Guide configure Set switch configuration parameters fcrlsan Configure and display LSAN policies ipaddrshow Display IP address details for a switch or CP configurechassis Change chassis-level system config settings fcrlsancount Display/set the maximum LSAN count ipfilter Manage the IP filter policies creditrecoverymode Enable credit loss and time-out based recovery fcrlsanmatrix Create/edit/display LSAN fabric matrix bindings ipsecconfig Configure IPsec policies for Ethernet interfaces Last Updated 04/18/2017 datatypeshow Displays sample data stream used in some diags fcrphydevshow Display FC Router physical device information islshow Display current connections & ISL status date Display/set the switch date and time fcrproxyconfig Display/configure proxy devices of an FC Router itemlist List parameter syntax information dbgshow Displays value of debug for a specific module fcrproxydevshow Display FC Router proxy device information killtelnet Terminate an open telnet session defzone Activate/deactivate/show default zone config fcrresourceshow Display FC Router physical resource usage Idapcfg Maps LDAP server AD roles to switch roles aaaconfig Manage RADIUS & LDAP configuration diagclearerror Clears the diagnostic failure status fcrouterportcost Set/display the link cost of router ports Ifcfg Configure/display logical fabrics ad Specify all Admin Domain-level operations diagdisablepost Disable POST execution at next reboot fcrrouteshow Display FC Router route information licenseadd Add a license key to a switch ag Enable/manage Access gateway operations diagenablepost Enable POST execution at next reboot fcrxlateconfig Display/configure an xlate domain ID licenseshow Display commands used to administer licenses agautomapbalance Control auto remapping of F_Ports in AG diaghelp Displays diagnostic command information fddcfg Manage fabric data distribution config parameters licenseport Manages Dynamic Port on Demand licenses agshow Display fabric registered Access Gateway info diagpost Displays diagnostic power-on self-test config licenseidshow Display system license ID fdmicacheshow Display remote FDMI device info by domain ID aliadd Add a member to a zone alias diagretry Set or display diagnostic retry mode licenseport Manage Dynamic POD license assignment fdmishow Display detailed FDMI device information alicreate Create a zone alias diagshow Display diagnostics status for blades or ports licenseremove Remove a license key from a switch femdump Collects limited debug information alidelete Delete a zone alias diagstatus Display currently running diagnostic tests licenseshow Display current license keys ficoncfg Configure the specified FICON database aliremove Remove a zone alias distribute Distribute security policy data to all switches licenseslotcfg Display/configure slot-based license features ficonclear Clear records from a specified FICON database alishow Display zone alias information dlsreset Disable the dynamic load sharing (DLS) option linkcost Set or display the FSPF cost of a link ficoncupset Set FICON-CUP parameters for a switch apploginhistory Display the history of HTTP login sessions dlsset Enable the dynamic load sharing option logicalgroup Creates / manages groups of monitored elements ficoncupshow Display FICON-CUP parameters for a switch aptpolicy Change/display the Advanced Perf Tuning policy dlsshow Display setting of dynamic load sharing option login Login as a new user ficonhelp Displays a list of FICO support commands auditcfg Modify/display audit log filter configuration dnsconfig Display/set/remove switch DNS parameters logout Logout from telnet, serial or rlogin session ficonshow Display contents of a specified FICON database auditdump Display/clear the audit log enclosureshow Display attributes of the switch enclosure Isanzoneshow Display logical SAN zone information authutil Display/set authentication configuration fipscfg Configure FIPS mode errclear Clear error log entries for all switch instances Iscfg Configure, manage a logical switch bannerset Set the login banner text firmwareactivate Activates switch firmware errdelimiterset Set start/end delimiters for error messages Isdbshow Display the FSPF link state database bannershow Display the login banner text firmwarecheck Performs firmware integrity check errdump Display error log messages without pagination mapsconfig Sets MAPS configuration bcastshow Display broadcast routing information firmwarecleaninstall Recovers the switch firmware errfilterset Set a filter for an error log destination mapsdb Displays / clears the MAPS dashboard bladecfggemode Configure 1 or 10 GbE port on FX8-24 blade firmwarecommit Commit firmware update to secondary partition errmoduleshow Display all defined error log modules mapshelp Displays MAPS command information bladedisable Disable all user ports on a blade firmwaredownload Download firmware into the switch errshow Display error log messages with pagination mapspolicy Creates / manages MAPS policy’s bladeenable Enable all user ports on a blade firmwaredownloadstatus Display the status of a firmware download ethif Set / display management network i/f operation mapsrule Creates / manages MAPS monitoring rules bladeswap Swap area numbers for matching port pairs firmwarekeyshow Display the public key for signed firmware extncfg Set the extension mode configuration mapssam Generate / clears / displays port & system status bootluncfg Transparently configure HBA boot LUN firmwarerestore Restore the former active firmware image exit Logout from a shell session memshow Display the amount of free and used memory bufopmode Displays or configures the Buffer Optimized Mode firmwareshow Display FOS versions in all flash partitions fabretryshow Display retry count of the fabric commands motd Set the banner on a chassis cfgactvshow Display effective zone configuration information firmwaresync Synchronizes firmware from active CP to sby CP fabretrystats Display or manage the retry count of fabric cmds mscapabilityshow Displays Management Server capabilities cfgadd Add a member to a zone configuration flow Creates, displays and Manages flows fabriclog Display or manipulate the fabric log msconfigure Configure the Management Server access ACL cfgclear Clear all zone configurations fosconfig Display/modify FOS features fabricname Configure the fabric name msplatshow Display the Management Server database cfgcreate Create a zone configuration fosexec Execute a cmd in a specified logical sw context fabricprincipal Set the principal switch selection mode msplatshowdbcb Display Management Server database control block cfgdelete Delete a zone configuration framelog Display information about discarded frames fabricshow Display fabric membership info msplcleardb clears the Management Server DB on ALL switches cfgdisable Disable a zone configuration fspfshow Display FSPF protocol information fabstatsshow Display fabric statistics mspimgmtactivate Activates Management Server platform service cfgenable Enable a zone configuration geporterrshow Displays error stats of GbE and XGE ports fandisable Disable a fan unit mspimgmtdeactivate Deactivates Management Server platform service cfgremove Remove a member from a zone configuration h Display shell history fanenable Enable a fan unit mstddisable Disables Management Service topology discovery cfgsave Save zone configuration to non-volatile memory hadisable Disable the High Availability feature in the switch fanshow Display fan status and speed mstdenable Enables Management Service topology discovery cfgshow Display zone configuration information hadump Display High Availability status information fapwwn Manage fabric-assigned port world wide names mstdreadconfig Displays Management Service topology discovery cfgsize Display size of zone database haenable Enable the High Availability feature in the switch fastboot Reboot the CP, bypassing POST myid Display current login session details cfgtransabort Abort the current zoning transaction hafailover Initiate the control processor failover mechanism fciphelp Display FCIP command information nbrstateshow Display FSPF neighbor's state cfgtransshow Display details about current zoning transaction hareboot Performs HA reboot fcipledtest Exercise GbE port LEDs, 7840, FX8-24 & SX6 nbrstatsclear Reset FSPF interface counters chassisbeacon Display/set chassis beaconing mode haredundancy Displays switch uptime fcippathtest Test DP of FCIP complex 7840, FX8-24 & SX6 nodefind Display NS entries matching a WWN, PID or alias chassiscfgperrthreshold Configure parity error threshold on a blade or sw hashow Display control processor status Enable the fcping Send an FC ELS ECHO request to a pair of ports nsaliasshow Display Local Name Server info with aliases chassisdisable Disable all user ports in a chassis hasyncstart HA state synchronizing process fcplogclear Clear the FCPD debug information log nsallshow Display Global Name Server information chassisdistribute Distribute IP filter policies hasyncstop Disable the HA state synchronizing process fcplogdisable Disable the FCPD debug information log nscamshow Display remote devices in the NS cache chassisenable Enable all user ports in a chassis help Display help information for commands fcplogenable Enable the FCPD debug information log nsdevlog Manage device history logging chassisname Display/set the chassis name historylastshow Display the latest FRU history log entry fcplogshow Display the FCPD debug information log nsshow Display Local Name Server information chassisshow Display all field replaceable units (FRUs) historymode Display the mode of the FRU history log fcpprobeshow Display the FCP probe information nszonemember Info about online devices zoned with given device classconfig Display RBAC class permissions historyshow Display the entire FRU history log fcprlsprobe Initiate or display FCP RLS for F_Port nszoneshow Displays the zone names clihistory Display switch command history i Display a process summary fcprlsshow Display FCP read link status information opensource Displays open-source licenses configdefault Reset subset of configuration to defaults iflshow Displays IFL information fcrbcastconfig Display/set broadcast frame forwarding option passwd Change the password for a specified user configdownload Load switch configuration from a server interfaceshow Display FSPF interface information 1 passwdcfg Manage the password policies portlogdisable Disable the port log facility secpolicyshow Display an existing security policy zone Perform zone-related operations pathinfo Display routing/statistics info along a path portlogdump Display port log without breaks secstatsreset Reset security statistics to zero for policies zoneadd Add a member to the zone pdshow Display data from a panic dump file portlogdumpport Display port log of a specific port without breaks secstatsshow Display one or all security statistics zonecreate Create a zone portaddress Assign the lower 16 bits of the FC Port ID portlogenable Enable the port log facility sensorshow Display sensor readings zonedelete Delete a zone portalpashow Display the device AL_PAs attached to a port portlogeventshow Display information about port log events serdestunemode Configure and display SerDes tuning value zonehelp Display description of zoning commands portbeacon Set port beaconing mode portloginshow Display port login status setcontext Set logical switch context to a specified FID zoneobjectcopy Copy a zone object portfuffercalc Calculates number of buffers required per port portlogpdisc Set/clear the debug_pdisc_flag setdbg Set debug level on specific module zoneobjectexpunge Expunge a zone object portbuffershow Display buffer usage information for switch ports portlogreset Enable the port log facility setverbose Set verbosity level for a module zoneobjectrename Rename a zone object portcamshow Display port-based filter CAM utilization portlogresize Resize the port log to a number of entries sfpshow Display serial ID SFP information zoneobjectreplace Replace zone members portcfg Enable or disable a port's configuration portlogshow Display the port log shellflowcontroldisable Disable XON/XOFF flow control on serial ports zoneremove Remove a member from a zone portcfgalpa Configure the AL_PA offset on a specified port portlogshowport Display port log for a specific port with breaks shellflowcontrolenable Enable XON/XOFF flow control to the shell task zoneshow Display zone information portcfgautodisable Enable/disable the port auto disable flag portlogtypedisable Disable the port log of a specified type slotpoweroff Remove power from a slot portcfgcompress Configures a port for compression portlogtypeenable Enable the port log of a specified type slotpoweron Restore power to a slot portcfgcreditrecovery Enable/disable credit recovery on a port portloopbacktest Perform functional test of port N->N path slotshow Display slot status portcfgdefault Restore the port configuration to default values portname Assign or display a port name snmpconfig Manage the SNMP agent configuration portcfgdport Configure a port as a D_Port portpeerbeacon Set peer beaconing to identify interconnections snmptraps Sends or displays SNMP traps Command Line Hints portcfgencrypt Configure a port for encryption portperfshow Display port throughput in bytes, KB or MB spinfab Test switch-to-switch ISL and trunk links portcfgeport Enable/disable a port as an E_Port portrouteshow Display routing tables for a specified port sshutil Manage public key authentication The TAB key allows for command auto-completion if enough of a unique portcfgeportcredits Configures normal distance E_Port buffers portshow Display port status statsclear Clear port and diagnostics statistics command is typed portcfgexport Set a port to be an EX_Port; view parameters portstats64show Display 64-bit hardware statistics for a port stopporttest Terminate the running porttest Double TAB key will display possible command completions portcfgfaultdelay Configure fault delay for a single FC port portstatsclear Clear hardware statistics for a specified port supportffdc Modify/display first-fault data capture daemon CTRL + E or END key will take you to the end of the line portcfgfec Enable/disable Forward Error Correction flag portstatsshow Display port hardware statistics supportftp Set/clear/display support FTP parameters CTRL + A or HOME key will take you to the beginning of the line portcfgfillword Configure fill word for a single 8 Gbps FC port portswap Swap area numbers of two ports supportinfoclear Clears default ports stats & portlogs on switch The LEFT- and RIGHT-ARROW keys will let you move on the command line portcfgflogilogout Enable base device logout function on a port portswapdisable Disable the portswap feature supportsave Save info for RASLOG, TRACE & supportshow The UP- and DOWN-ARROW keys will step through command history portcfgfportbuffers Configure F_Port buffer allocation portswapenable Enable the portswap feature supportshow Display information for switch debugging The INSERT key allows insertion of a character at the cursor portcfgge Manage port config for GbE/10GbE ports portswapshow Display the state of the portswap feature supportshowcfgdisable Disable a group of commands in supportshow CTRL + D or DELETE key deletes the character at the cursor portcfggemediatype Set active ge0/ge1 ports on a Brocade 7800 porttest Run a functional test of a switch in a live fabric supportshowcfgenable Enable a group of commands in supportshow CTRL + U will clear all text from the command line portcfggport Enable/disable a port as a G_Port porttestshow Display information from porttest command supportshowcfgshow Display commands enabled in supportshow portcfgislmode Enable/disable ISL R_RDY mode on a port porttrunkarea Add/remove trunk area from port or trunk group switchbeacon Set switch beaconing mode on or off The command line display options are: portcfglongdistance Configure a port to support long-distance links portzoneshow Display the enforced zone type for F/FL_Ports switchcfgpersistentdisable Disable switch persistently I (Pipe) portcfglosstov Enable/disable de-bouncing of signal loss powerofflistset Set slot power-off list order switchcfgpersistentenable Enable switch persistently Grep NOTE: Case sensitive command. Use –i to ignore case portcfglport Enable/disable a port as an L_Port powerofflistshow Display slot power-off list order More switchcfgspeed Configure all ports on switch to a particular speed portcfgnondfe Enable/Disable non-DFE mode on 8 Gbps port psshow Display power supply status switchcfgtrunk Enable or disable trunking on a switch portcfgnpivport Enable/disable N_Port ID virtualization rasadmin Configure RASlog message generation When editing the configuration (Configure) the following will happen: switchdisable Disable the switch portcfgnport Enable/disable N_Port for Access Gateway port rasman Displays RASlog message text documentation CTRL + C will abort the command and ignore all changes made switchenable Enable the switch portcfgoctetspeedcombo Set port speed combination for a port octet reboot Reboot 1 control processor or an entire switch CTRL + D will terminate the command and saves changes made. switchname Set or display switch name portcfgpersistance Sets/removes persistent disable flag on a port relayconfig Set and display relay host configuration switchshow Display switch and port status portcfgpersistentdisable Disable a port persistently roleconfig Manage user-defined roles switchuptime Display how long the switch has been operating portcfgpersistentenable Enable a port persistently rootaccess Configure root access to the switch switchviolation Dump DCC violations on a switch portcfgqos Enable/disable port QoS; set ingress rate limit routehelp Display a list of FSFP related commands syslogadmin Configure syslog server host portcfgshow Display port configuration settings rtlogtrace Manage real-time trace logging sysshutdown Do a graceful shutdown of switch file systems portcfgspeed Configure the port speed level sddquarantine Clears / displays quarantined ports tempshow Display temperature readings portcfgtdz Configures port for Target Driven Zoning (TDZ) secactivesize Display the size of the active security database timeout Set/show idle timeout value for a login session portcfgtrunkport Enable or disable a port for trunking secauthsecret Manage DH-CHAP secret key information topologyshow Display the unicast fabric topology portcfgvexport Set port to be a VEX_Port; view parameters seccertutil Manage 3rd party PKI-based certificates in switch tracedump Display, initiate or remove a trace dump portchannelshow Display ISL from local domain to remote domain seccryptocfg Configure/display cryptographic parameters trunkdebug Debug a trunk link failure portcmd Diagnoses for intelligent GbE/XGbE port secdefinesize Display the size of the defined security database trunkshow Display trunking information portdebug Set debug and verbosity levels on a port secglobalshow Display current security state information tsclockserver Display/set the NTP server address portdecom Decommission & disable E_Ports; no frame loss sechelp Display security command information tstimezone Display/set system time zone portdisable Disable a specified port secpolicyabort Abort unsaved changes to security database turboramtest Perform turbo SRAM test of ASIC’s portdporttest Initiate/terminate a D_Port test secpolicyactivate Apply defined policy set to all switches uptime Display how long switch has been operational portenable Enable a specified port secpolicyadd Add members to an existing policy urouteshow Display unicast routing information portenccompshow Display encryption and compression config secpolicycreate Create a new security policy usbstorage Manage data files on attached USB device porterrshow Display port error summary secpolicydelete Delete an existing security policy userconfig Manage user accounts portflagsshow Display port status bitmaps for all ports secpolicydump Display all members of existing policies version Display firmware version information portledtest Cycles user port LEDs secpolicyfcsmove Move a member in the FCS policy wwn Displays a switch WWN portlogclear Clear the port log secpolicyremove Remove members from an existing policy wwnaddress Bind an FC Port ID to a device WWN portlogconfigshow Display the current port log configuration secpolicysave Save a defined policy to flash on all switches wwnrecover Recover mismatch data in WWN card