146 Brocade Adapters Administrator’s Guide
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About the BCU
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About the BCU
This appendix provides reference documentation for the Brocade Command Line Utility (BCU)
supporting the Brocade Fibre Channel components.
BCU runs in two modes:
•Direct mode, where you type the command at the command prompt. For example:
bcu port --topology <port_id> <auto|p2p|loop>
•Shell mode, accessed using the bcu shell; for example,
bcu> port --topology <port_id> <auto|p2p|loop>.
•To access the shell mode, type bcu shell.
•To exit out of shell mode, type exit.
All the commands in this appendix are shown in the direct mode. For example:
bcu port --topology <port_id> <auto|p2p|loop>
To use the CLI help, type the following command:
bcu --help
BCU commands
The following table alphabetically lists the Brocade Command Line Utility (BCU) commands that are
available for configuring the devices in a SAN environment that use a Brocade CNA.
Command Operands Synopsis
Help commands
bcu --help Lists all available sub-commands.
bcu <sub_command> --help Lists all details about the specific subcommand.
Adapter commands
bcu adapter --list
--name <ad_id> <adapter_name>
--query <ad_id>
--enable <ad_id>
--disable <ad_id>
Authentication commands
bcu auth --show <port_id>
--policy <port_id> <on | off>
--algo <port_id> <md5 | sha1 | ms | sm>
--secret <port_id> “secret string”
--stats <port_id>
--statsclr <port_id>