Portcfgfillword - Brocade Communications Systems 8 Command Reference Manual

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portCfgFillword

portCfgFillword
Configures the fill word for a single 8G FC port.
Synopsis portcfgfillword [slot/]port, mode
portcfgfillword --help
Description Use this command to configure the fill word of an 8G FC port. This command is not applicable to
non-8G FC ports. This command disables and re-enables the port and the port comes online with
the new fill word setting. The configuration is stored in nonvolatile memory and is persistent across
switch reboots or power cycles.
Notes This configuration cannot be set on VE_Ports or VEX_Ports.
Use the portCfgShow command to display user-configured fill word settings.
The execution of this command is subject to Admin Domain or Virtual Fabric restrictions that may
be in place. Refer to chapter 1, "Using Fabric OS commands" and Appendix A, "Command
Availability" for details.
Operands This command has the following operands:
slot
port
Examples To set the fill word of a port to ARBFF-ARBFF using the numeric mode notation:
To set the fill word of a port to ARBFF-ARBFF using the -arbff-arbff option:
To set the fill word of a port to IDLE-ARBFF using the -idle-arbff option:
To set the fill word of a port to the preferred mode 3 (If hardware arb-arbff fails, try software
idle-arbff):
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For bladed systems only, specifies the slot number of the port to be
configured, followed by a slash (/).
Specifies the number of the port to be configured, relative to its slot for
bladed systems. Use switchShow for a listing of valid ports.
mode Specifies the fill word for the port number. This operand is required. Valid
values are one of the following:
0 | -idle-idle Sets IDLE mode in the Link Init and IDLE as the fill word (default).
1 | -arbff-arbff Sets ARB(ff) in the Link Init and ARB(ff) as the fill word.
2 | -idlef-arbff Sets IDLE mode in the Link Init and ARB(ff) as the fill word.
3 | -aa-then-ia Attempts hardware arbff-arbff (mode 1) first. If the attempt fails to go into
active state, this command executes software idle-arb (mode 2). Mode 3
is the preferable to modes 1 and 2 as it captures more cases..
switch:admin> portcfgfillword 2/3, 1
switch:admin> portcfgfillword 2/3, -arbff-arbff
switch:admin> portcfgfillword 2/3, -idle-arbff
switch:admin> portcfgfillword 27 -aa-then-ia
switch:admin> portcfgfillword 28 -aa-then-ia
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