Portcfgpersistentenable - Brocade Communications Systems 8 Command Reference Manual

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portCfgPersistentEnable

portCfgPersistentEnable
Persistently enables a port or a range of ports.
Synopsis portcfgpersistentenable
portcfgpersistentenable [slot/]port1[-port2] [...]
portcfgpersistentenable -i [index1[-index2] [...] [-f]]
portcfgpersistentenable -s[lot] [slot1[-slot2]
portcfgpersistentenable -h
Description Use this command to persistently enable a port or a range of ports. If the port is connected to
another switch when this command is issued, the fabric may reconfigure. After the port is
persistently enabled, devices connected to the port can again communicate with the fabric.
You can identify a single port to be configured by its port number or by its port index number. Port
ranges are supported with index numbers or by specifying a slot or a slot range. Use switchShow for
a listing of valid ports, slots, and port index numbers. When used without operands, this command
displays all persistently enabled ports on the switch.
Specifying multiple ports with the index (-i) or slot (-s) option is supported only if PortSwap is
disabled. They are not supported on GbE ports and configured F_Port trunks. Use the -i option
without a port index argument to display the portSwap status, or alternately use portSwapShow.
For ports that come online after being persistently enabled, the following indications may be sent
to indicate a state transition: RSCN, SNMP trap, Web pop-up window.
Persistently enabled ports remain enabled across power cycles, switch reboots, and switch
enables. By default, a port is enabled persistently, unless the port is capable of routing. The change
in configuration is effective immediately.
This command re-enables all previously set port configurations of a specified port. You can
temporarily disable a persistently enabled port with the portDisable or switchDisable commands.
The persistent switch disable or enable configuration does not alter the persistent disable or
enable configurations of the ports within the switch. The configuration commands configDefault
and portCfgDefault do not modify the persistent enable attribute of a port.
Notes This command is blocked if the switch is operating in the FICON Management Server mode
(fmsmode). Instead use portEnable with Active=Saved Mode enabled.
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.
This command is not supported on FCoE ports. To enable an FCoE port, use fcoe --enable.
Operands This command has the following operands:
slot
port1[-port2]
670
On bladed systems only, specifies the slot number of the ports to be enabled
persistently, followed by a slash (/).
Persistently enables a single port or a range of ports identified by port
numbers. The port range cannot span slots, but you can specify multiple port
ranges pairs separated by a space, for example 3/1-4 4/7-9.
Fabric OS Command Reference
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