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

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portShow
Displays the status of the specified port.
Synopsis portshow [slot] fport
OR
portshow [ arp | fciptunnel [-perf | -params| -ipsec] <all tunnel_id> | ipif | iproute | iscsi| mode ]
[slot] ge port
Description Use this command to display general or switch and port specific status information for the
specified port. The portshow command with operands other than Islot or ge port will display
information specific to the operand given. This will vary with the switch model and port type. See
the OPERANDS section for details.
portshow [slot] [ge port] will display the following general information, followed by three columns of
counters.
NOTE
In an AD context, if one of the L-ports or NPIV ports is a part of the current AD, the complete device
information attached to port will be shown in the output.
portName Name assigned to the port by the command of the same name.
portHealth Current health of the port (Fabric Watch license required).
Authentication Authentication type and associated parameters, if applicable, used on the
port at port online or when enabling security, whichever occurs last. States
include:
None No authentication was done.
FCAP FCAP authentication was done.
DHCHAP DH-CHAP authentication was done. It also displays the DH group and hash
used for authentication.
portDisableReason The reason that a port has been disabled, if it has not been disabled by
portDisable or portCfgPersistentDisable.
portCFlags Port control flags.
portFlags Bit map of port status flags, including information on the type of port,
whether it is fully online, and whether logins have been accepted on it.
portType Port type and revision numbers.
portState Port SNMP state:
Online Up and running.
Offline Not online; “portPhys” field gives details.
Testing Running diagnostics.
Faulty Failed diagnostics.
Persistently Disabled
Persistently disabled.
portPhys Physical port states include: