Reference Guide

Fabric OS command line interface.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 37
Console sessions using the serial port................................................................................................................................................................................................38
Telnet or SSH sessions................................................................................................................................................................................................................................38
Getting help on a command..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 40
Viewing a history of command line entries.........................................................................................................................................................................................41
Using fosexec to run commands on remote switches or domains....................................................................................................................................43
Password modification...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................45
Default account passwords........................................................................................................................................................................................................................46
The switch Ethernet interface ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................46
Brocade Directors........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 46
Brocade switches.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................47
Virtual Fabrics and the Ethernet interface.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 47
Management Ethernet port bonding.....................................................................................................................................................................................................47
Displaying the network interface settings..........................................................................................................................................................................................48
Resetting the management network interface error counters................................................................................................................................................49
Static Ethernet addresses........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 49
DHCP activation................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 51
IPv6 autoconfiguration.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................55
Setting the Ethernet interface mode and speed............................................................................................................................................................................ 56
Date and time settings............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................56
Setting the date and time.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................57
Time zone settings..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................57
Network Time Protocol................................................................................................................................................................................................................................59
Domain IDs.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................61
Domain ID issues..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................61
Displaying the domain IDs.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................62
Setting the domain ID................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 62
Switch names...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................63
Customizing the switch name.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 63
Chassis names............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................63
Customizing chassis names......................................................................................................................................................................................................................63
Fabric name.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 64
Configuring the fabric name......................................................................................................................................................................................................................64
High availability considerations for fabric names..........................................................................................................................................................................64
Upgrade and downgrade considerations for fabric names.....................................................................................................................................................64
Switch activation and deactivation................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 64
Disabling a switch............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................65
Enabling a switch............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 65
Disabling a chassis..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................65
Enabling a chassis...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................66
Device shutdown....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 66
Powering off a Brocade switch................................................................................................................................................................................................................66
Powering off a Brocade Director............................................................................................................................................................................................................66
Basic connections......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................67
Device connection...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................67
Switch connection............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................67
Performing Advanced Configuration Tasks......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 69
Port identifiers (PIDs) and PID binding overview.................................................................................................................................................................................... 69
Core PID addressing mode.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................69
Fixed addressing mode................................................................................................................................................................................................................................70
Brocade Fabric OS Administration Guide, 8.0.1
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