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B – Command Line Interface

Set Config Command

 

 

 

 

switch

Initiates an editing session in which to change switch configuration settings. The system displays each parameter one line at a time and prompts you for a value. For each parameter, enter a new value or press the Enter key to accept the current value shown in brackets.

Table B-8. Set Config Switch Parameters

Parameter

Description

 

 

AdminState

Switch administrative state: online, offline, or

 

diagnostics

Broadcast Enable

Enables (True) or disables (False) forwarding of

 

broadcast frames.

InbandEnabled

Enables (True) or disables (False) the ability to

 

manage the switch over an ISL.

DefaultDomainID

Default domain ID setting

DomainIDLock

Prevents (True) or allows (False) dynamic

 

reassignment of the domain ID.

SymbolicName

Descriptive name

R_T_TOV

Receiver Transmitter Timeout Value. Specifies the

 

number of milliseconds a port is to wait to receive a

 

response from another port. The default is 100.

R_A_TOV

Resource Allocation Timeout Value. The number of

 

milliseconds the switch waits to allow two ports to

 

allocate enough resources to establish a link. The

 

default is 10000.

E_D_TOV

Error Detect Timeout Value. The number of

 

milliseconds a port is to wait for errors to clear. The

 

default is 2000.

FS_TOV

Fabric Stability Timeout Value. The default is 5000

 

msec.

DS_TOV

Distributed Services Timeout Value (Management

 

Server, Name Server). The default is 5000 msec.

PrincipalPriority

The priority used in the FC-SW-2 principal switch

 

selection algorithm. 1 is high, 255 is low.

ConfigDescription

The name for the configuration. The default is

 

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Q-Logic 8C manual Table B-8. Set Config Switch Parameters

8C specifications

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