Portaddress - Brocade Communications Systems 1606 Command Reference Manual

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portAddress

portAddress
Assigns the lower 16 bits of the Fibre Channel Port ID.
Synopsis portaddress --bind [slot_number/]port_number [16-bit_address] [--auto]
portaddress --unbind [slot_number/]port_number
portaddress --show [[slot_number/]port_number]
portaddress --findPID 24-bit_Port_ID
portaddress --help
Description Use this command to bind the 16-bit address to the lower two bytes of a port 24-bit Fibre Channel
address, or to unbind the currently bound address for the specified port. Changes effected by this
command are persistent across reboots and power cycles.
The port must be offline to bind an address and not currently bound to another address. If the
port is currently bound to another address, use this command with the --unbind option to unbind
the port.
This command returns an error if the chosen address is in use or is bound to another port. If the
address is currently assigned to another port, use this command with the --findPID option to
identify the port that is bound to that address, and then unbind the port.
The command provides a --show option that displays the currently bound address for a specified
port or for all ports. Alternately, you can use the --findPID option to display the port currently
bound to a specified port ID (PID).
Notes 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 supported only on the Brocade DCX and the Brocade DCX-4S on (on the base
switch and logical switches). On other platforms, the command returns a "not supported" message.
Operands This command has the following operands:
--bind
--auto
--unbind
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Assigns the lower two bytes of the Fibre Channel address to the specified
port.
slot_number Specifies the slot number on bladed systems, followed by a slash (/).
port_number Specifies the port number, relative to its slot on bladed systems.
16-bit_address Specifies the 16-bit address to be bound to the FC address. Note that only the
upper 10 bits of the PID can be used for a unique route. Therefore, not all
addresses in the 16-bit range are available.
Enables auto-binding on the specified port. If the auto feature is enabled,
the entire area field of the PID is bound to a single port. With 10-bit routing,
up to 4 ports can share the same 8-bit area field of the PID. This address
assignment mode dedicates all four unique routes to a single port. By
default, auto is off. This operand is optional; if unspecified, the default is
used.
Removes both the address and any auto mode override configuration from
the specified port.
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