Reference Guide

116 Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference

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chassisName

Displays or sets the chassis name.

Synopsis chassisname [name]

Description Use this command to display or change the name associated with the chassis. The configured chassis name

appears in all the chassis event RASLog messages.

Use this command without parameters to display the current chassis name. Use this command with the name

operand to assign a new chassis name.

Notes The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric restrictions that may be in place. Refer to "Using Fabric

OS Commands" and "Command Availability" for details.

Operands This command has the following operand:

name

Specify a new name for the chassis, optionally in double quotation marks. A chassis name

can include up to 31 characters. A chassis name must begin with a letter, and can consist of

letters, numbers, underscore or hyphen characters. Spaces are not permitted.

Examples To change the chassis name to "dilbert":

switch:admin> chassisname dilbert

switch:admin> chassisname

dilbert