Command Reference Guide

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About This Document
In this chapter
• How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
• Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
• What is new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
• CLI usage conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii
• Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv
• Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv
• Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi
• Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi
• Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvii
How this document is organized
This document is organized to help you find the information that you want as quickly and easily as
possible.
The document contains the following components:
• Chapter 1, “Using Fabric OS Commands,” explains how to use the command line interface to
manage a Brocade SAN and Brocade switches.
• Chapter 2, “Fabric OS Commands,” provides command information.
• Chapter 3, “Primary FCS Commands,” summarizes the subset of commands available when an FCS
policy is enabled.
• Appendix A, “Command Availability,” explains the Role-Based Access Control, as well as Virtual
Fabric and Admin Domain restriction checks used to validate commands.
Supported hardware and software
This document includes updated information specific to new functionality introduced in Fabric OS v7.1.0.
Table lists the hardware platforms supported in Fabric OS v7.1 release. ASIC names may be used in this
document to distinguish between types of switches that share certain characteristics.
TABLE 1 Supported hardware for Fabric OS v7.1
Hardware Platform Description ASIC
Brocade 300 8 Gbit 16-port switch Goldeneye 2
Brocade 5100 8 Gbit 32-port switch Condor 2
Brocade 5300 8 Gbit 64-port switch Goldeneye 2