Setting Dls; Viewing Routing Path Information - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

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Setting DLS

1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Issue the dlsShow command to view the current DLS setting.
One of the following messages appears:
• DLS
IS SET
• DLS is not set indicates that dynamic load sharing is turned off.
• DLS cannot be changed with current routing policy indicates that you are using
the exchange-based routing policy and you cannot enable or disable DLS. If you get this message,
you cannot perform
3. Issue the dlsSet command to enable DLS or the dlsReset command to disable it.
switch:admin> dlsshow
DLS is not set
switch:admin> dlsset
switch:admin> dlsshow
DLS is set
switch:admin> dlsreset
switch:admin> dlsshow
DLS is not set

Viewing routing path information

The topologyShow and uRouteShow commands provide information about the routing path.
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Issue the topologyShow command to display the fabric topology, as it appears to the local switch:
switch:admin> topologyshow
4 domains in the fabric; Local Domain ID: 2
Domain:
Metric:
Name:
Path Count:
Hops:
Out Port:
In Ports:
Total Bandwidth:
Bandwidth Demand:
Flags:
The following information displays:
Local Domain ID
Domain
Metric
Name
Path Count
Hops
Out Port
In Ports
240 Routing traffic
indicates that dynamic load sharing is turned on.
step 3, so you are finished with this procedure.
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10500
fcr_xd_1_1
1
2
39
35 56
4.000 Gbps
300 %
D
The domain number of the local switch.
The domain number of the destination switch.
The cost of reaching the destination domain.
The name of the destination switch.
The number of currently active paths to the destination domain.
The maximum number of switch-to-switch links (ISLs) transversed to
reach the destination domain.
The port to which the incoming frame will be forwarded in order to
reach the destination domain.
The input ports that use the corresponding Out Port to reach the
destination domain.