Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Manual (53-1000240-01, November 2006)

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Publication Number: 53-1000240-01
portCfgPersistentEnable
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portCfgPersistentEnable
Enables a port persistently.
Synopsis portcfgpersistentenable [slotnumber/]portnumber
Description Use this command to persistently enable a port. Persistently enabled ports remain enabled across power
cycles, switch reboots, and switch enables. By default, a port is enabled persistently. The change in
configuration is effective immediately.
A persistent port enable reenables all previously set port configurations of that port. A persistently
enabled port can temporarily be disabled by the portDisable or switchDisable command. The
switchDisable command will also disable the persistently enabled ports of that switch.
The persistent switch disable or enable configuration does not alter the persistent disable or enable
configurations of the ports within the switch.
If this port is connected to another switch, then the Fabric may reconfigure. If this port is connected to
one or more devices, the devices can now communicate with the Fabric.
The configuration commands configDefault and portCfgDefault do not modify the persistent enable
attribute of a port.
This command is not allowed if the switch is operating in the FICON Management Server mode
(fmsmode). Instead use BportEnable with Active=Saved Mode enabled.
For ports that come Online after being enabled, the following indications may be sent to indicate a state
transition: RSCN, SNMP trap, Web pop-up window.
The front panel LED of an enabled and online port is green.
Operands This command has the following operands:
slotnumber For bladed systems only, specify the slot number of the port to configure, followed
by a slash (/).
portnumber Specify a port number to configure, relative to its slot for bladed systems. Use
switchShow to display a list of valid ports. This operand is optional; if omitted,
this command displays the persistently enabled condition for all ports.
Examples To configure a port as persistently enabled and then display all ports that are persistently enabled:
See Also ficoncupset, ficoncupshow, portDisable, portEnable, portCfgPersistentDisable, portCfgShow,
portShow, switchShow
switch:admin> portcfgpersistentenable 9/3
switch:admin> portcfgpersistentenable
Slot 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
---------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---
Enabled YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
(output truncated)