Brocade Communications Systems 804 manual Adapter

B adapter

adapter

Displays and sets adapter parameters. The adapters are HBA models 415, 425, 804, 815, and 825.

NOTE

When trunking is enabled, multiple physical ports are trunked together to form a logical Fibre Channel port.

Synopsis bcu adapter --enable<ad_id> bcu adapter --disable<ad_id> bcu adapter --list

bcu adapter --name<serial-no> <adapter-name> bcu adapter --query<ad_id>

Description Displays and sets commands that apply to the physical adapter. There can be one or more PCI functions per adapter, which are referred to as ports. Each port exposes a logical Fibre Channel port, which typically equates to a physical Fibre Channel port.

Operands When invoked without operands, this command displays the usage.

--enable	Enables the adapter.
ad_id	Specifies the ID of the adapter you want to enable.
--disable	Disables the adapter.
ad_id	Specifies the ID of the adapter you want to disable.
--list	Lists all adapters in the system. For each adapter in the system, a brief
	summary line is displayed.
--name	Displays or specifies the name of the adapter. The adapter name can be
	identified either by serial number or by adapter index.
	Note: Use an empty string (“ “) to clear a previous adapter name. Adapter
	names are stored persistently.
serial-no	Specifies the serial number or the ID of the adapter for which you want to
	display information.
adapter-name	Specifies the adapter name. The name can include up to 15 characters, must
	begin with a letter, can consist of letters, digits, hyphens, and underscore
	characters, but must not contain spaces. This operand is optional; if you do
	not specify an adapter name, the current adapter name displays.
--query	Queries or displays adapter information.
ad_id	Specifies the ID of the adapter for which you want to query.

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