HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.0.0 Command Reference Guide (AA-RW1MA-TE, May 2005)

Fabric OS 5.0.0 command reference guide 347
Displays global name server information.
Synopsis
nsallshow [type]
Availability
all users
Description
Use this command to display the 24-bit Fibre Channel addresses of all devices in all switches in the fabric.
If the type operand is supplied, only devices of specified FC-PH type are displayed. If type is omitted, all
devices are displayed.
NOTE: Specifying the type operand causes the switch to send out a query to every switch in the fabric.
On a large fabric you should not run a script that repeatedly issues the nsAllShow command with a
type operand specified.
Operands
This command has the following operand:
Examples
To display all devices in the fabric, followed by all type 8 (SCSI-FCP) devices and all type 5 (SCSI-FCIP)
devices:
nsAllShow
type Specify the FC-PH type code. This operand is optional. The valid values
for this operand are 0 to 255. Following are two specific FC-PH device
type codes:
8 = FCP type device
4 , 5 = FC-IP type device
Other FC-PH types are displayed in the format x ports supporting
FC4 code, where x is the number of ports of a type and code is the
FC-PH type code.
switch:admin> nsallshow
12 Nx_Ports in the Fabric {
011200 0118e2 0118e4 0118e8 0118ef 021200
0214e2 0214e4 0214e8 0214ef
}
switch:admin> nsallshow 8
8 FCP Ports {
0118e2 0118e4 0118e8 0118ef 0214e2 0214e4 0214e8 0214ef
}
switch:admin> nsallshow 5
2 FC-IP Ports in the Fabric {
011200 021200}