Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Manual Supporting Fabric OS v6.3.0 (53-1001337-01, July 2009)

372 Fabric OS Command Reference

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iclCfg

Enables or disables Inter-chassis links (ICL).

Synopsis iclcfg --enable slot/icl_group

iclcfg --disable slot/icl_group

iclcfg --persistentenable slot/icl_group

iclcfg --persistentdisable slot/icl_group

iclcfg --help

Description Use this command to enable or disable an inter-chassis link (ICL) or to enable or disable an ICL

persistently. The command enables or disables the ICL by enabling or disabling the ports

associated with the link. Persistently disabled ports remain disabled across reboots and power

cycles. This command is supported only on the Brocade DCX and the Brocade DCX-S4.

Notes The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may

be in place. Refer to chapter 1, "Using Fabric OS commands" and Appendix A, "Command

Availability" for details.

This command must be executed on the active CP.

Operands The following operands are required:

slot Specifies the slot number of the ICL group to be enabled or disabled, followed

by a slash (/). The slot on the DCX can be either 5 or 8. On the DCX-4S, valid

slots are 3 and 6.

icl_group Specifies the ICL port group to be disabled or enabled. An ICL group

represents a range of ports. Specify 0 to enable or disable ports 0-15. Specify

1 to enable or disable ports 16-31.

--enable Enables the ICL for the specified port group.

--disable Disables the ICL for the specified port group.

--persistentenable

Persistently enables the ICL for the specified port group.

--persistentdisable

Persistently disables the ICL for the specified port group.

--help Displays the command usage.

Examples To disable the ICL for ports 16-31:

switch:user> iclcfg --disable 8/1

To enable the ICL for ports 16-31:

switch:user> iclcfg --enable 8/1

To disable the ICL for ports 16-31 persistently:

switch:user> iclcfg --persistentdisable 8/1