Sanswitch basic commands

B-Series (Brocade) switches uses both web and CLI, the table below displays some commons uses but not all the CLI commands.

help	prints available commands
switchdisabled	disable the switch
switchenable	enable the switch
portdisable	Disable a specified port
portenable	Enable a specified port
porterrshow	Print port error summary
portname	show the portname or you can rename the portname
portcfgpersistentdisable	Persistently disable a port
portcfgpersistentenable	Enable a persistently disabled port
licenseadd	Adds license keys to switch
licensehelp	license commands
licenseshow	Displays current license keys
diaghelp	diagnostic commands
configure	change switch parameters (BB credits, etc)
date	Print/set the system date and time
uptime	Print how long switch has been up
diagshow	POST results since last boot
routehelp	routing commands
switchshow	display switch show (normally first command to run to obtain switch configuration)
supportshow	prints switch information for debugging purposes
portshow #	display port info
nsshow	nameserver contents
nsallshow	NS for full fabric
fabricshow	show fabric membership info
Firmwareshow	display firmware versions in the switch
reboot	full reboot with POST
switchreboot	Halts and restarts the operational switch.
firmwarecommit	Commit firmware to stable storage
firmwaredownload	Download firmware into switch
firmwaredownloadstatus	display the progress and status of firmwareDownload
firmwarerestore	Restore the old firmware in the switch
fabswitchshow	display fabric switch state information
errshow	print error log
errdump	print error log (no page breaks)
fastboot	reboot without POST

B-Series (Brocade) zoning commands are detailed in the below table

zonecreate (zone)	create a zone zonecreate "arg1", "arg2"
zoneshow	shows defined and effective zones and configurations
zoneadd	adds a member to a zone zoneadd "arg1", "arg2"
zoneremove	removes a member from a zone
zonedelete	delete a zone
cfgcreate (zoneset)	create a zoneset configuration
cfgclear	clears all zoning information (must disable the effective config first)
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
cfgdisable	disables the effective zone set

B-series creating a zone commands

Creating zone by WWN	zonecreate "zone1", "10:00:00:e0:69:20:07:10 ; 50:06:04:80:b8:91:c2:ce"
Create a zone configuration	cfgcreate "FabricName_cfg", "zone1 ; zone2"
saving the zone configuration	cfgsave (this will save across reboots)
enable the zone configuration	cfgenable "FabicName_cfg"
saving the zone configuration	cfgsave
view zoning information	zoneshow or cfgshow

Tips

In CLI, you can list out the data you want by using these commands.

Example: switchshow |grep hostname

               Switchshow |grep “zonename”

M-Series (Mcdata) switches uses both web GUI and CLI, the table below displays some commons uses 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	configure 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)
• default should all ways be disabled (causes all port to see each other creating ghosts in a FA's login table)

MDS-Series (Cisco) switches uses both web GUI and CLI, the table below displays some commons uses 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