Brocade Communications Systems 8 Command Reference Manual page 739

--help
Examples To enable port fencing for the CRC area on all E_Ports:
To enable port fencing for all areas on all E_Ports:
To enable port fencing for all areas on all E_Ports:
To enable port fencing for the CRC, ITW, and PE areas on all E_Ports:
To enable port fencing for the ST area on all E_Ports and optical F_Ports:
To enable port fencing for the ST area on all port types:
To display the current port fencing configuration:
Fabric OS Command Reference
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fop-port Enables or disables port fencing for all optical F_Ports.
fcu-port Enables or disables port fencing for all copper F_Ports. This operand is
supported only on embedded platforms and only on copper ports.
port Enables or disables port fencing for all physical ports.
-area area | -area all
Specifies one or more Fabric Watch areas to be monitored by the port fencing
feature. Areas are not case sensitive. Alternately, use the all option to specify
all of the following areas:
CRC
ITW
PE
ST
LR
C3TX_TO
Displays the command usage.
switch:admin> portFencing --enable e-port -area crc
switch:admin> portFencing --enable e-port -area all
switch:admin> portFencing --enable e-port -area all
switch:admin> portFencing --enable e-port -area CRC,ITW,PE
switch:admin> portFencing --enable e-port,fopport -area ST
switch:admin> portFencing --enable all -area ST
switch:admin> portFencing --show
Port Type|Area
---------|----------------|------------
E-port |CRC
|ITW
|LR
|PE
|ST
FOP-port |CRC
|ITW
|LR
|C3TX_TO
Cyclic redundancy check error
Invalid word transmission
Protocol error
State Change
Link reset
Class 3 frame discard due to timeout.
|PF Status
|disabled
|enabled
|enabled
|enabled
|enabled
|enabled
|enabled
|enabled
|enabled
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