Brocade SAN Switch commands

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Brocade SAN Switch commands

Brocade commands are usually very easy to find out. Simply type “help”, but what exactly does each command do? Here’s a list:

Info

uptime                          – Same as unix uptime
date                               – Same as unix date
version                          – Gives versions of firmwares & OS

Hardware State

faultshow                     – Show switch faults
fanshow                       – Show switch FAN faults
psshow                         – Show switch POWER SUPPLY faults
tempshow                    – Show switch TEMPERATURE values
switchstatusshow       – Overall status of switch

Config

agtcfgshow                  – Show SNMP config
configshow                  – Show switch config
gbicshow                     – Show GBIC slots and serial numbers
licenseshow                 – Show license data
supportshow                – Like Sun’s explorer – gets many configs at once
switchshow                  – Show switch ports and connections
zoneshow                    – Show zone and switch aliases

IP

bcastshow                   – Show broadcast routing
ifmodeshow                 – show interface mode (duplex)
ifshow                         – Like unix netstat -s
ipaddrshow                  – Like unix netstat -i
interfaceshow               – Like unix ndd

Performance

ifshow                          – Like unix netstat -s
portperfshow                – Show interface mode (duplex)
portshow #                  – Show stats on a port
portrouteshow #           – Show routes on a port
portstatsshow #            – Show stats (netstat -s) on a port

Misc Show

diagshow                     – Show diagnostics – paged output
errdump                      – Show diagnostics – no paged output
fabricshow                   – Show fabric
fspfshow                      – Show FSPF protocol info
mqshow                       – Show queues
nbrstateshow                – Show FSPF neighbor states
nsshow                        – Show name servers
nsallshow                     – Show all name servers
porterrshow                  – Like mpstat – shows port info
switchstatuspolicyshow  – Show config at when errors are flagged

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