Below is a list of useful Brocade CLI commands that I keep at my desk for reference.
They’re divided up into
categories for Zoning, Show, Port, Time/Date, License, Banner, Password, SNMP, User Config, Firmware, and
Miscellaneous.
Zoning Commands
alicreate “Name”, Used to create an alias
“domain,port#”
alicreate To create multiple ports under a single alias
“Name”,”portname1;
portname2″
alidelete “Name” To delete an alias
aliadd “Name”, To add additional ports to an alias
“domain,port#”
aliremove “Name”, To remove a port from the alias
“domain,port#”
alishow “AliName” To show the alias configuration on the switch
zonecreate “Zone Name”, To create zones based on alias
“alias1; alias2″
zonedelete “ZoneName” To delete a zone
zoneadd “ZoneName”, “alias To add additional alias into the zone
name”
zoneremove “ZoneName”, To remove an alias from the zone
“alias name”
zoneshow “zoneName” To show the zone configuration information
cfgcreate “Configname”, To create configurations by adding in zones
“Zone1; Zone2″
cfgdelete “ConfigName” To delete a configuration
cfgadd “ConfigName”, To add additional zones in the configuration
“Zone3″
cfgremove “ConfigName”, To remove a zone from the configuration
“Zone3″
cfgshow “ConfigName” To show the details of that configuration
cfgenable “ConfigName” To enable a configuration on the switch
cfgsave To have the effective configuration to be written into the flash memory
Show Commands
psshow Displays the status of the power supply
fansshow Displays the status of the fans
tempshow Displays the status of the temperature readings
sensorshow Displays the status of the sensor readings
nsshow Displays information in the name server
nsshow -t Displays information in the name server
nsshow -r Displays the information in the name server along with the state change
registration details
nscamshow Displays detailed information of all the devices connected to all the switches in
the fabric (Remote Name Servers)
nsallshow Displays the 24 bit address of all devices that are in the fabric
licenseshow Displays all the licenses that have been added in the switch
date Displays the current date set on the switch
bannershow Displays the banner that will appear when logging in using the CLI or web tools
httpcfgshow Displays the JAVA version the switch expects at the management console
switchname Displays the name of the switch
fabricshow Displays information of all the switches in the fabric
userconfig –show -a Displays the account information like role , description , password exp date ,
locked status
switchstatusshow Displays the overall status of the switch
switchstatuspolicyshow Displays policy set for the switch regarding Marginal(Yellow) or Down(Red)
error status
portshow To show the port status
portcfgshow Displays the speed set for all ports on all slots and other detailed port
information
configshow fabric.ops Displays the parameters of the switch. Ensure all switches in a fabric have the
same parameters in order to communicate
configshowfabric.ops.pidForm Displays the PID set for a switch Core , Native or Extended edge
at
switchuptime OR uptime Displays the uptime for the switch
firmwareshow Displays the firmware on the switch
version Displays the current firmware version on the switch
hashow Displays the status of local and remote CP’s. High availability , heartbeat and
synchronization
Port Settings
portcfgshow Displays the port settings
portcfg rscnsupr [slot/port] A registered state change registration is suppressed when a state change occurs
–enable on the port
portcfg rscnsupr [slot/port] A registered state change registration is sent when a state change occurs on the
–disable port
portname To assign a name for a port
portdisable To disable a port or slot
portenable To enable a port or slot
portcfgpersistentdisable To disable a port , status would not change even after rebooting the switch
portcfgpersistentenable To enable a port , status would not change even after rebooting the switch
portshow To show the port status
portcfgspeed , To set speed for a port#te – 0:auto negotiated 1,2,4 Gbit/sec , 1 : 1Gbit/sec , 2 :
2 Gbit/sec , 4 : 4Gbit/sec
switchcfgspeed To set speed for all the ports on the switch Note – 0:auto negotiated 1,2,4
Gbit/sec , 1 : 1Gbit/sec , 2 : 2 Gbit/sec , 4 : 4Gbit/sec
portcfgshow Displays the speed set for all ports on all slots and other detailed port information
portcfgdefault To set the port settings to default
portcfglongdistance To set the long distance mode . Default is L0(Normal), as per distance will display
LE <=10 kms , L0.5 <=25kms , L1 <=50 kms, L2<=100kms , LD=auto , LS =
Static
portcfgeport Used to disable a port from being a E port
Time and Date Settings
date Displays the current date set on the switch
tsclockserver 10.10.1.1 Instruction for the principal switch to synchronize time with the NTP server
(specify the ip address of the NTP server)
tsclockserver LOCL Instruction to stop NTP server synchronization (Local time of the switch)
date mmddhhmmyy To set the time of the switch when the NTP server synchronization is
cancelled
tstimezone -5 To set the time zone for individual switches
License Commands
licenseshow Displays all the licenses that are added in the switch
licenseadd To add a new license to the switch
licenseremove To remove a license from the switch
licenseidshow Based on Switch WWN
Banner Commands
bannershow Displays the banner that will appear when logging in using the CLI or web
tools
bannerset To set the banner which will appear when logging in using the CLI or web
tools
bannerset “” To remove the bannerset (two quotes)
Password commands
passwd To change the password for that particular login
passwdcfg –set -lowercase 3 To set the password rules
uppercase 1 -digits 2
-punctuation 2 -minlength 10
-history 3
passwdcfg –set To set the minimum password age in Days
-minpasswordage 1
passwdcfg –set To set the maximum password age in Days
-maxpasswordage 30
passwdcfg –set -warning 23 To set a warning for the expiration Days remaining
passwdcfg –set To set the account lockout thresh hold
-lockoutthreshold 5
passwdcfg –set To set the account lockout duration in Minutes
-lockoutduration 30
passwdcfg –setdefault To restore the password policy to Factory settings (min length – 8, history
-1 , lockoutduration – 30)
SNMP Commands
snmpconfig snmpconfig for 5.0 above fos
agtcfgset snmp config for fos below 5.0
snmpmibcapset for choosing the MIB’s for the snmp settings
User Configuration
userconfig –show -a / Displays all the account information like role , description , password expiration
userconfig –show date , locked status
userconfig –add john -r To add a new account -r = role , -d = description
admin -d “John Doe”
userconfig –show john Displays all the information for the account john
userconfig –change -e no To Disable an account , usually default a/cs like admin and user . But ensure
before disabling the admin a/c there is another a/c with admin rights
userconfig –change -e yes To Enable an account
Firmware commands
configupload Saves the switch config as an ASCII text file to an FTP server
configdownload To restore a switch configuration from ASCII text file Note – Need to disable the
switch before downloading the config file
configure => cfgload Fabric OS v 4.4 & above provides Secure File Copy Protocol (SCP) during upload
attributes : [y] => Ensure or download of configurations
secure config upload /
download : [y]
firmwaredownload To download the firmware to be installed on the switch
firmwareshow To be run after installing the firmware on the switch
version Displays the current firmware version on the switch
fastboot Needs to be run after installing the firmware. This does not include the post.
reboot Needs to be run after installing the firmware. This includes the post.
Miscellaneous commands
killtelnet To kill a particular session which is using telnet
configure To configure a switch
quietmode To switch off the quiet mode
quietmode 1 To suppress messages to the console
switchname Displays the switch name
switchname “EXAMPLE” To assign a switch name
bannerset To set the banner which will appear when logging in using the CLI or web tools
timeout Displays the timeout time set for Telnet session on the switch
timeout 10 To set a specific timeout time for the Telnet session
switchuptime or uptime Displays the uptime for the switch
switchcfgspeed To set speed for all the ports on the switch Note – 0:auto negotiated 1,2,4
Gbit/sec , 1 : 1Gbit/sec , 2 : 2 Gbit/sec , 4 : 4Gbit/sec
fastboot To reboot the switch without post
reboot To reboot the switch with the post
switchstatusshow Displays the overall status of the switch
switchstatuspolicyshow Displays policy set for the switch regarding Marginal(Yellow) or Down(Red) error
status
switchstatuspolicyset To change the policy set for the switch regarding Marginal(Yellow) or Down(Red)
error status
