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