M-Series (Mcdata) switches uses both web and CLI, the table below displays some but not all the CLI commands.
| commadelim | Toggle comma-demlimited display mode |
| config | configure settings |
| login | login into CLI with different access rights |
| maint | maintenance settings |
| perf | Performance statistics |
| reserved | reserved for future development |
| show | display attributes |
| features | configure feature settings |
| ip | configure IP settings |
| logout | logout of the CLI |
| port | configure port data |
| security | configure security settings |
| snmp | configure snmp |
| switch | configure switch data |
| system | configure system data |
| zoning | confgiure zoning settings |
There are several commands that allow you to navigate through the switch “..”, “ctrl-U” and “root” .
M-Series (Mcdata) zoning commands are detailed in the below table
| showactive | show actively running zoneSet |
| clearzone | clear WWN’s in a zone |
| deletezone | remove zone from running config |
| activezoneset | activation of changes |
| addzone | add a new zone to the working area |
| addwwnmem | add a WWN to a zone |
| showpending | show pending zones |
| renamezone | rename a zone |
| deletewwn | delete a WWN from a zone |
| renamezoneset | rename a zone set |
Zoning limits
- 64 zone sets (max)
- 2000 zones (max)
- 1024 zones per zone set (max)
- deafult should all ways be disabled (causes all port to see each other creating ghosts in a FA’s login table)
B-Series (Brocade) switches uses both web and CLI, the table below displays some but not all the CLI commands.
| help | prints available commands |
| switchdisabled | disable the switch |
| switchenable | enable the switch |
| licensehelp | license commands |
| diaghelp | diagnostic commands |
| configure | change switch parameters (BB credits, etc) |
| diagshow | POST results since last boot |
| routehelp | routing commands |
| switchshow | display switch show (normally first command to run to obtain switch configuration) |
| supportshow | full detailed switch info |
| portshow # | display port info |
| nsshow | namesever contents |
| nsallshow | NS for full fabric |
| fabricshow | Fabric information |
| version | firmware code revision |
| reboot | full reboot with POST |
| fastboot | reboot without POST |
B-Series (Brocade) zoning commands are detailed in the below table
| zonecreate (zone) | create a zone |
| zoneshow | shows defined and effective zones and configurations |
| zoneadd | adds a member to a zone |
| zoneremove | removes a member from a zone |
| zonedelete | delete a zone |
| cfgcreate (zoneset) | create a zoneset configuration |
| cfgadd | adds a zone to a zone configuration |
| cfgshow | display the zoning information |
| cfgenable | enable a zone set |
| cfgsave | saves defined config to all switches in fabric across reboots |
| cfgremove | removes a zone from a zone configuration |
| cfgdelete | deletes a zone from a zone configuration |
| cfgclear | clears all zoning information (must disable the effective config first) |
| cfgdisable | disables the effective zone set |
B-series creating a zone commands
| Creating zone by WWN | zonecreate “zone1”, “20:00:00:e0:69:40:07:08 ; 50:06:04:82:b8:90:c1:8d” |
| Create a zone configuration | cfgcreate “test_cfg”, “zone1 ; zone2” |
| saving the zone configuration | cfgsave (this will save across reboots) |
| enable the zone configuration | cfgenable “test_cfg” |
| saving the zone configuration | cfgsave |
| view zoning information | zoneshow or cfgshow |
B-Series (Cisco) switches uses both web and CLI, the table below displays some but not all the CLI commands, the ones highlighted will be the ones used most often.
EXEC mode commands:
| attach | connect to a specific linecard |
| bios | BIOS related commands |
| callhome | callhome commands |
| clear | reset functions |
| clock | manage the system clock |
| config | enter configuration mode |
| debug | debug functions |
| discover | discover information |
| exit | exit ffrom the submode |
| fcping | Ping a N_Port |
| fctrace | trace a route for a N_Port |
| load | load system image |
| no | disable debugging functions |
| reload | reboot the switch |
| setup | run the basic setup command facility |
| show | display running system information |
| system | system management commands |
| test | test command |
| write | write the current configuration |
| zone | zoning server commands |
CONFIG mode commands:
| aaa | config aaa |
| boot | configure boot variables |
| callhome | enter the callhome configuration mode |
| clock | configure time and date |
| fcalias | fcalias configuration commands |
| fcanalyzer | configure fabric analyzer |
| fcc | configure FCC congestion control |
| fcdomain | enter the fcdomain configuration mode |
| fcdroplatency | configure switch or network latency |
| fcflow | configure fcflow |
| fcinterop | interop commands |
| fcns | Name server configuration |
| fcroute | configure FC routes |
| fcs | Configure fabric config server |
| fctimer | configure fibre channel timers |
| fspf | configure fspf |
| interface | select an interface to configure |
| ip | configure IP features |
| no | Negate a command or set its default |
| ntp | NTP configuration |
| power | configure power supply |
| poweroff | power off module in switch |
| qos | Configure priority of FC control frames |
| radius-server | configure radius related parameters |
| role | configure roles |
| snmp-server | configure snmp |
| span | enter SPAN configuration mode |
| ssh | configure ssh parameters |
| switchname | configure systems network name |
| system | system config command |
| trunk | configure switch wide trunk protocol |
| username | configure username information |
| vsan | enter the vsan configuration mode |
| zone | zoning configuration commands |
| zoneset | zoneset configuration commands |
There are several commands that allow you to navigate through the switch “cd”, “copy”, “dir”, “find”, “mkdir”, “move”, “rmdir” and “tail”.
MDS-series creating a zone
| create a zone and place it in the vsan | # zone name testzone1 vsan 4 |
| add a member (port wwn example) | # member pwwn 10:00:00:00:c9:21:40:b8 (port on the host) |
| add a member (fabric port wwn example) | # member fwwn 10:01:10:01:10:ab:cd:ef (port on the switch) |
| add a member (FCID example – hard zoning) | # member fcid 0x7f0000 (24 bit address) |
| add a member (FC alias example) | # member fcalias payroll |
MDS-series common commands
| display logged in WWN, display vsan information | # show flogi database |
| display the specific vsan logins | # show fcns database vsan 4 |
| activatng a zoneset | # zoneset activate name zone1 vsan 4 |
| delete a zoneset | # clear zone dataabse vsan 4 |
| configure the default zone | # zone default-zone permit vsan 4 |
| display zones and zonsets | # show zoneset active # show zoneset # show zoneset active vsan 4 |
| copy active zone set to the full zone set | # zone copy active-zoneset full-zoneset vsan 4 |
| distribute the full zoning database to others switches | # zoneset distribute full vsan 4 |