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Managing the PowerVault™ 50F Switch: Dell™ PowerVault™ 50F 8-Port Fibre Channel Switch Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
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Name Server
The fibre channel protocol (FCP) inquiry data obtained by device probing may now be obtained from the
Name Server by retrieving the port symbolic name.
Common Transport (CT) requests and responses including Name Server are recorded in the portLog. A
typical trace is shown as follows, where port 4 logs in to the Name Server and issues command 217. It
receives an Accept (8002).
Jun 15 16:00:21.899 tReceive Rx3 4 116
22fffffc,00210413,03000000
Jun 15 16:00:21.899 tSwitch Tx3 4 116
23210413,00fffffc,02000000
Jun 15 16:00:21.933 tNSd ctin 4 fc
00030217,00210413,00000100
Jun 15 16:00:21.933 tNSd ctout 4 fc 00008002
Jun 15 16:00:21.933 tNSd Tx3 4 0
03210413,00fffffc
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