This is a list of useful Brocade switch commands that will help you for administration or management operation. These commands are useful for for Zoning, Show, Port, Time/Date, License, Banner, Password, SNMP, User Config, Firmware, and Miscellaneous.
Zoning Commands
alicreate “Name”, “domain,port#” | Used to create an alias |
alicreate “Name”,”portname1; portname2″ | To create multiple ports under a single alias |
alidelete “Name” | To delete an alias |
aliadd “Name”, “domain,port#” | To add additional ports to an alias |
aliremove “Name”, “domain,port#” | To remove a port from the alias |
alishow “AliName” | To show the alias configuration on the switch |
zonecreate “Zone Name”, “alias1; alias2″ | To create zones based on alias |
zonedelete “ZoneName” | To delete a zone |
zoneadd “ZoneName”, “alias name” | To add additional alias into the zone |
zoneremove “ZoneName”, “alias name” | To remove an alias from the zone |
zoneshow “zoneName” | To show the zone configuration information |
cfgcreate “Configname”, “Zone1; Zone2″ | To create configurations by adding in zones |
cfgdelete “ConfigName” | To delete a configuration |
cfgadd “ConfigName”, “Zone3″ | To add additional zones in the configuration |
cfgremove “ConfigName”, “Zone3″ | To remove a zone from the configuration |
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 |
configshow fabric.ops.pidFormat | Displays the PID set for a switch Core , Native or Extended edge |
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] –enable | A registered state change registration is suppressed when a state change occurs on the port |
portcfg rscnsupr [slot/port] –disable | A registered state change registration is sent when a state change occurs on the 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 uppercase 1 -digits 2 -punctuation 2 -minlength 10 -history 3 | To set the password rules |
passwdcfg –set -minpasswordage 1 | To set the minimum password age in Days |
passwdcfg –set -maxpasswordage 30 | To set the maximum password age in Days |
passwdcfg –set -warning 23 | To set a warning for the expiration Days remaining |
passwdcfg –set -lockoutthreshold 5 | To set the account lockout thresh hold |
passwdcfg –set -lockoutduration 30 | To set the account lockout duration in Minutes |
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 / userconfig –show | Displays all the account information like role , description , password expiration date , locked status |
userconfig –add john -r admin -d “John Doe” | To add a new account -r = role , -d = description |
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 attributes : [y] => Ensure secure config upload / download : [y] | Fabric OS v 4.4 & above provides Secure File Copy Protocol (SCP) during upload or download of configurations |
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 |