Deployment Guide

This example shows the truncated switchShow output for an FX8-24 application blade on the Brocade
DCX 8510-8 Backbone. The assignment of port index numbers to PIDs will vary depending on blade
type, platform type, and slot number.
switch:FID128:admin> switchshow -slot 10
switchName: my8510-8
(output truncated)
Slot Blade Type ID Model Name Status
--------------------------------------------------
10 AP BLADE 75 FX8-24 ENABLED
Index Slot Port Address Media Speed State Proto
=============================================================
80 10 0 505000 id 4G No_Light FC
81 10 1 505100 -- 4G No_Module FC
82 10 2 505200 id 4G Mod_Inv FC "Speed Mismatch /
Incompatible SFP"
83 10 3 505300 -- 4G No_Module FC
84 10 4 505400 -- 4G No_Module FC
(output truncated)
95 10 15 505f00 -- -- Offline VE
208 10 16 50d000 -- -- Offline VE
209 10 17 50d100 -- 4G Offline VE
(output truncated)
Example of port indexing on an FS8-18 blade on a DCX 8510-8 Backbone
This example shows the truncated switchShow output for an FS8-18 encryption blade on the Brocade
DCX 8510-8 Backbone. The assignment of port index numbers to PIDs will vary depending on blade
type, platform type, and slot number.
switch:FID128:admin> switchshow -slot 2
switchName: myswitch
(output truncated)
Slot Blade Type ID Model Name Status
--------------------------------------------------
2 AP BLADE 43 FS8-18 ENABLED
Index Slot Port Address Media Speed State Proto
==================================================================
16 2 0 501000 -- N8 No_Module FC
17 2 1 501100 -- N8 No_Module FC
18 2 2 501200 -- N8 No_Module FC
19 2 3 501300 -- N8 No_Module FC
20 2 4 501400 -- N8 No_Module FC
(output truncated)
31 2 15 501f00 id N4 No_Light FC
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