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Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference 261
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fcpRlsProbe
fcpRlsProbe
Initiates the Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) Read Link Status (RLS) probing for F_Port and displays the RLS
information.
Synopsis fcpRlsProbe --start [slot/]port_list
fcpRlsProbe --show [slot/]port
fcpRlsProbe --help
Description Use this command to initiate the FCP RLS probing or to display the RLS information. This information describes
the number of link failures, loss-of-signal, loss-of-sync, CRC errors, and other failure events detected on the
specified port.
Use the fcprlsprobe --start command to read the error status block for F/FL-Ports. This command will send a
RLS ELS probe to the device on the specified port and caches the RLS information.
Use the fcprlsprobe --show command to display the cached RLS information. For the command to send RLS
probe to the device you must enable the following parameter: Disable Device Probing = 0 (Enables device probing.
By default Device probing is enabled).
For this command to gather and display F_Port error statistics, apart from enabling the device probing, you must
enable RLS Probing using the fcprlsprobe --start command or use the configure command, "Disable RLS
Probing". By default, RLS probing is disabled.
Notes The cached RLS information will be provided in supportsave. To have the updated RLS information for a specified
port or port range in supportsave, execute fcpRlsProbe --start successfully before initiating the supportsave.
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 operands:
slot
Specifies the slot number, if applicable, followed by a slash (/).
port_list
Specifies a port number. You can specify a port or range of ports.
--start
Sends the ELS RLS to the device and gets the RLS information.
--show
Displays the RLS information.
--help
Displays the command usage.