Reference Guide

312 Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference

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ficonClear

Clears the records from the specified FICON database.

Synopsis ficonclear database

Description Use this command to remove records from the local FICON database. The command effect depends on the

specified database.

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:

database

Specifies the name of the FICON database. The databases include the following:

RLIR

Remove all entries from the link incidents database including implicit link incidents (ILIR).

RNID

Remove all the "not current" entries from the device node identification database (the entries

are for devices that were previously connected but are no longer online). Note that "current"

entries are not removed from the RNID database.

Examples To clear the RLIR database:

switch:user> ficonclear RLIR

successfully clear local RLIR Database.

To clear the RNID database:

switch:user> ficonclear RNID

successfully clear not current

entries from local RNID Database.