Chapter 20 Show Commands

show ficon

The following example displays port address counter information.

switch# show ficon vsan 20 portaddress 8 counters Port Address 8(0x8) is up in vsan 20

Port number is 8(0x8), Interface is fc1/8 Version presented 1, Counter size 32b 242811 frames input, 9912794 words

484class-2 frames, 242302 class-3 frames

0link control frames, 0 multicast frames

0disparity errors inside frames

0disparity errors outside frames

0frames too big, 0 frames too small

0crc errors, 0 eof errors

0invalid ordered sets

0frames discarded c3

0address id errors

116620 frames output, 10609188 words

0 frame pacing time

0 link failures

0 loss of sync

0 loss of signal

0 primitive seq prot errors

0 invalid transmission words

1 lrr input, 0 ols input, 5 ols output

0 error summary

The following example displays the contents of the specified FICON configuration file

switch# show

ficon vsan 3 file IPL

 

FICON configuration file IPL

in vsan 3

Port address 1

 

Port

name is

 

Port

is not blocked

 

Prohibited port addresses are 0,81-253,255

Port address 2

 

Port

name is

 

Port

is not blocked

 

Prohibited port addresses are 0,81-253,255

Port address 3

 

Port

name is

 

Port

is not blocked

 

Prohibited port addresses are 0,81-253,255

Port address 4

 

Port

name is

 

Port

is not blocked

 

Prohibited port addresses are 0,81-253,255

...

 

 

Port address

80

 

Port

name is

 

Port

is not blocked

 

Prohibited port addresses are 0,81-253,255

Port address 254

 

Port

name is

 

Port

is not blocked

 

Prohibited port addresses are 0,81-253,255

The following example displays all FICON configuration files

 

 

Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

78-16088-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 1.3

 

 

20-59

 

 

 

 

 

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Cisco Systems MDS 9000 Following example displays port address counter information, 20-59, Port Name is Is not blocked

MDS 9000 specifications

Cisco Systems MDS 9000 series is a line of storage networking switches designed to address the unique demands of enterprise-level data centers. These switches provide high-performance solutions for connecting various storage devices, including traditional disk arrays, solid-state drives, and tape libraries. The MDS 9000 series is built for scalability, high availability, and advanced security, making it an ideal choice for organizations looking to optimize their storage infrastructure.

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