Portfencing - Brocade Communications Systems 8 Command Reference Manual

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portFencing

portFencing
Configures the Fabric Watch port fencing feature.
Synopsis portfencing --show
portfencing --enable port_type | all
portfencing --disable port_type | all
portfencing --help
Description Use this command to enable or disable the Fabric Watch port fencing feature for specified port
types and Fabric Watch areas. Supported port types include E_Ports, optical F_Ports, copper
F_Ports, physical ports, and Virtual E_Ports (Ve_Ports). You can configure a specified port type or a
list of port types to enable port fencing for one or more areas. Use the all option to indicate all port
types or all areas.
Use the --disable option to disable port fencing for the specified areas on all ports of the specified
port types. Use the --show option to display the configuration. The display includes the configured
port types, error types, and port fencing status (disabled or enabled). Port fencing is by default
disabled.
Port fencing monitors ports for erratic behavior and disables a port if specified error conditions are
met. The portFencing command enables and configures the port fencing feature; it does not set
the thresholds for port fencing. You must configure port thresholds with the portThconfig command
before you can enable port fencing.
Note The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may
be in place. Refer to chapter 1, "Using Fabric OS Commands" and Appendix A, "Command
Availability" for details.
Execution of this command requires a Fabric Watch license.
Operands This command has the following operands:
--show
--enable
--disable
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-area area_type | -area all
-area area_type | -area all
Displays the port fencing status of all configured port types and area types.
Enables port fencing for one or more specified port types and areas.
Specifying at least one port type and area is required. This command fails if
thresholds are not set. Refer to portThConfig help for more information.
Disables port fencing for a specified area on all ports in a port type list. Upon
successful execution Fabric Watch ceases monitoring the ports for errors in
the disabled area. You must specify at least one port type and area when
disabling port fencing.
The following operands are required with the --enable and --disable options.
port_type| all Specifies one or more port types for which to enable or disable port fencing.
When specifying multiple port types, the list members must be separated by
a comma. Alternately, use the all option to specify all of the following port
types:
e-port Enables or disables port fencing for all E_Ports.
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