Useful Brocade Switch CLI Commands

Useful Brocade SAN Switch CLI commands

Here is the list of commonly used Brocade SAN switch CLI command List

Show Commands

Command psshow fansshow tempshow sensorshow nsshow nsshow -t nsshow -r nscamshow nsallshow licenseshow date bannershow httpcfgshow switchname fabricshow userconfig –show -a switchstatusshow switchstatuspolicyshow portshow portcfgshow configshow fabric.ops configshow fabric.ops.pidFormat switchuptime OR uptime firmwareshow version hashow

Description Displays the status of the power supply Displays the status of the fans Displays the status of the temperature readings Displays the status of the sensor readings Displays information in the name server Displays information in the name server Displays the information in the name server along with the state change registration details Displays detailed information of all the devices connected to all the switches in the fabric (Remote Name Servers) Displays the 24 bit address of all devices that are in the fabric Displays all the licenses that have been added in the switch Displays the current date set on the switch Displays the banner that will appear when logging in unsing the CLI or webtools Displays the JAVA version the switch expects at the management console Displays the switchname Displays information of all the switches in the fabric Displays the account information like role , description , password exp date , locked status Displays the overall status of the switch Displays policy set for the switch regarding Marginal(Yellow) or Down(Red) error status To show the port status Displays the speed set for all ports on all slots and other detailed port information Displays the parameters of the switch. Ensure all switches in a fabric have the same parameters in order to communicate Displays the PID set for a switch Core , Native or Extended edge Displays the uptime for the switch Displays the firmware on the switch Displays the current firmware version on the switch Displays the status of local and remote CP’s. High availability , heartbeat and synchronization

Port Settings

Command portcfgshow portcfg rscnsupr [slot/port] –enable portcfg rscnsupr [slot/port] –disable portname portdisable portenable portcfgpersistentdisable portcfgpersistentenable portshow portcfgspeed , switchcfgspeed portcfgshow portcfgdefault portcfglongdistance portcfgeport

Description Displays the port settings A registered state change registration is suppressed when a state change occurs on the port A registered state change registration is sent when a state change occurs on the port To assign a name for a port To disable a port or slot To enable a port or slot To disable a port , status would not change even after rebooting the switch To enable a port , status would not change even after rebooting the switch To show the port status To set speed for a port Note – 0:auto negotiated 1,2,4 Gbit/sec , 1 : 1Gbit/sec , 2 : 2 Gbit/sec , 4 : 4Gbit/sec To set speed for all the ports on the switch Note – 0:auto negotiated 1,2,4 Gbit/sec , 1 : 1Gbit/sec , 2 : 2 Gbit/sec , 4 : 4Gbit/sec Displays the speed set for all ports on all slots and other detailed port information To set the port settings to default To set the long distance mode . Default is L0(Normal), as per distance will display LE <=10 kms , L0.5 <=25kms , L1 <=50 kms, L2<=100kms , LD=auto , LS = Static Used to disable a port from being a E port

Setting commands

Command ipaddrset bannerset

Description To set the ip address for the switch To set the banner which will appear when logging in using the CLI or webtools

Time and Date Settings

Command date tsclockserver 10.10.1.1 tsclockserver LOCL date mmddhhmmyy tstimezone -5

Description Displays the current date set on the switch Instruction for the principal switch to synchronize time with the NTP server (specify ipaddress of the NTP server) Instruction to stop NTP server synchronization (Local time of the switch) To set the time of the switch when the NTP server synchronization is cancelled To set the time zone for individual switches

License Commands

Command licenseshow licenseadd licenseremove licenseidshow

Description Displays all the licenses that are added in the switch To add a new license to the switch To remove a license from the switch Based on Switch WWN

Banner Commands

Command bannershow bannerset bannerset “”

Description Displays the banner that will appear when logging in unsing the CLI or webtools To set the banner which will appear when logging in using the CLI or webtools To remove the bannerset

Password commands

Command passwd passwdcfg –set -lowercase 3 uppercase 1 -digits 2 -punctuation 2 -minlength 10 -history 3 passwdcfg –set -minpasswordage 1 passwdcfg –set -maxpasswordage 30 passwdcfg –set -warning 23 passwdcfg –set -lockoutthreshold 5 passwdcfg –set -lockoutduration 30 passwdcfg –setdefault

Description To change the password for that particular login To set the password rules To set the minimum password age in Days To set the maximum password age in Days To set a warning for the expiration Days remaining To set the account lockout thresh hold To set the account lockout duration in Minutes To restore the password policy to Factory settings (min length – 8, history -1 , lockoutduration – 30)

User Configuration (commands to administer Accounts)

Command userconfig –show -a / userconfig –show userconfig –add jdoe -r admin -d “Jane Doe” userconfig –show jdoe

Description Displays all the account information like role , description , password exp date , locked status To add a new account -r = role , -d = description Displays all the information for the account jdoe To Disable an account , usually default a/cs like admin and user . But ensure before disabling the admin a/c there is another a/c with admin rights

 NPIV Commands

Command portcfgnpivport configure

Description Enables NPIV functionality on a port . By default on Condor based switches In order to increase the no of port logins ( Default is 126 , max 255)

SNMP

Command snmpconfig agtcfgset snmpmibcapset

Description snmpconfig for 5.0 above fos snmp config for fos below 5.0 for choosing the MIB’s for the snmp settings

Zoning

Command alicreate “Name”, “domain,port no” alicreate “Name”,”portname1; portname2″ alidelete “Name” aliadd “Name”, “domain,port no” aliremove “Name”, “domain,port no” alishow “AliName” zonecreate “Zone Name”, “alias1; alias2″ zonedelete “ZoneName” zoneadd “ZoneName”, “alias name” zoneremove “ZoneName”, “alias name” zoneshow “zoneName” cfgcreate “Configname”, “Zone1; Zone2″ cfgdelete “ConfigName” cfgadd “ConfigName”, “Zone3″ cfgremove “ConfigName”, “Zone3″ cfgshow “ConfigName” cfgenable “ConfigName” cfgsave

Description Used to create alias To create more than one ports under one alias To delete alias To add additional ports to an alias To remove a port from the alias To show the alias configuration on the switch To create zones based on alias To delete a zone To add additional alias into the zone To remove an alias from the zone To show the zone configuration information To create configurations by adding in zones To delete a configuration To add additional zones in the configuration To remove a zone from the configuration To show the details of that configuration To enable a configuration on the switch To have the effective configuration to be written into the flash memory

Firmware commands

Command configupload configdownload configure => cfgload attributes : [y] => Ensure secure config upload / download : [y] firmwaredownload firmwareshow version fastboot reboot

Description Saves the switch config as an ASCII text file to an FTP server To restore a switch configuration from ASCII text file Note – Need to disable the switch before downloading the config file Fabric OS v 4.4 & above provides Secure File Copy Protocol (SCP) during upload or download of configurations To download the firmware to be installed on the switch To be run after installing the firmware on the switch Displays the current firmware version on the switch Needs to be run after installing the firmware . This doesnot include the post Needs to be run after installing the firmware. This includes the post

Other commands

Command killtelnet configure quitemode quietmode 1 switchname switchname “EXAMPLE” configure timeout timeout 10 switchuptime OR uptime switchcfgspeed fastboot reboot switchstatusshow switchstatuspolicyshow switchstatuspolicyset

Description To kill a particular session which is using telnet To configure a switch To switch off the quietmode To suppress messages to the console Displays the switchname To assign a switch name To disable/enable TELNETD Displays the timeout time set for Telnet session on the switch To set a specific timeout time for the Telnet session Displays the uptime for the switch To set speed for all the ports on the switch Note – 0:auto negotiated 1,2,4 Gbit/sec , 1 : 1Gbit/sec , 2 : 2 Gbit/sec , 4 : 4Gbit/sec To reboot the switch without post To reboot the switch with the post Displays the overall status of the switch Displays policy set for the switch regarding Marginal(Yellow) or Down(Red) error status To change the policy set for the switch regarding Marginal(Yellow) or Down(Red) error status