Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Guide v6.1.0 (53-1000599-02, June 2008)

368 Fabric OS Command Reference
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nsShow
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nsShow
Displays local Name Server (NS) information.
Synopsis nsshow [-r -t]
Description Use this command to display local NS information about devices connected to this switch. If no
information is available for the switch, the command displays the message:
“There is no entry
in the Local Name Server.”
Use nsAllShow to display NS information for all switches in the fabric.
Each line of output displays the following information:
Type U for unknown, N for N_Port, NL for NL_Port.
PID 24-bit Fibre Channel address.
COS List of classes of service supported by device.
PortName Device port World Wide Name (WWN).
NodeName Device node WWN.
TTL Time-to-live, in seconds, for cached entries or NA (not applicable) if the entry
is local. This displays if the -r option is specified.
SCR State change registration of the device. This displays if the -r option is
specified.
Device type Device type if -t is specified.
Permanent Port Name
Physical N_Port or NL_Port WWN.
There might be additional lines if the device has registered any of the following information (the
switch automatically registers SCSI inquiry data for FCP target devices):
• FC4s supported
• IP address
• IPA
• Port and node symbolic names
• Fabric Port Name. This is the WWN of the port on the switch to which the device is physically
connected.
• Hard address or port IP address
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 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.