Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Manual - Supporting Fabric OS v5.3.0 (53-1000436-01, June 2007)

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nsAliasShow
Displays local Name Server (NS) information, with aliases.
Synopsis nsaliasshow [-r -t]
Description Use this command to display local name server information with the added feature of displaying
the defined configuration aliases to which the device belongs.
The following message is displayed if there is no information in this switch:
There is no entry in the Local Name Server
The command nsAllShow displays information from all switches.
The display resulting from this command is identical to the command nsShow, with the exception of
an additional line listing to which the aliases the device belongs. If there are no defined
configuration aliases for that device, no alias is displayed.
The execution of this command is subject to Admin Domain restrictions that may be in place.
Operands This command has the following operands:
-r Replaces the time-to-live (TTL) attribute output with state change registration
(SCR) information in the display. This value indicates what type of registered
state change notification (RSCN) a device registers to receive. Values include:
SCR=0 Reserved.
SCR=1 Fabric detected registration. Register to receive all RSCN requests
issued by the fabric controller for events detected by the fabric.
SCR=2 Nx_Port detected registration. Register to receive all RSCN requests
issued for events detected by the affected Nx_Port.
SCR=3 Register to receive all RSCN request issued. The RSCN request
returns all affected N_Port_ID pages.
-t Displays the device type. Of the two device type parts, the first part indicates
the origination of the device. Currently, four originations are defined:
Physical
Device connected to the Nx_Port, using FLOGI to login to the switch
Virtual Contrived device by the switch
NPV Device connected to the Nx_Port, using FDISC to log in to the switch
iSCSIDevice connected to the iSCSI port
The second part indicates the role of the device. Currently, four roles are
defined:
Unknown (initiator/target)
Device role is not detected
Initiator An SCSI initiator
Target An SCSI target
Initiator+Target Both an SCSI initiator and an SCSI target