Nsaliasshow - Brocade Communications Systems A7990A - StorageWorks SAN Director 4/16 Blade Switch Command Reference Manual

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nsAliasShow

nsAliasShow
Displays local Name Server (NS) information, with aliases.
Synopsis
nsaliasshow [-r -t]
Description
Use this command to display local name server information with the added feature of displaying the
defined configuration aliases to which the device belongs.
The following message is displayed if there is no information in this switch:
There is no entry in the Local Name Server
The command
The display resulting from this command is identical to the command nsShow, with the exception of an
additional line listing to which the aliases the device belongs. If there are no defined configuration aliases
for that device, no alias is displayed.
Note
The execution of this command is subject to Admin Domain restrictions that may be in place.
Operands
This command has the following operands:
-r
-t
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nsAllShow displays information from all switches.
Replaces the time-to-live (TTL) attribute output with state change registration
(SCR) information in the display. This value indicates what type of registered
state change notification (RSCN) a device registers to receive. Values include:
SCR=0 Reserved.
SCR=1 Fabric detected registration. Register to receive all RSCN requests issued
by the fabric controller for events detected by the fabric.
SCR=2 Nx_Port detected registration. Register to receive all RSCN requests
issued for events detected by the affected Nx_Port.
SCR=3 Register to receive all RSCN request issued. The RSCN request returns
all affected N_Port_ID pages.
Displays the device type. Of the two device type parts, the first part indicates the
origination of the device. Currently, four originations are defined:
Physical
Device connected to the Nx_Port, using FLOGI to login to the switch
Virtual Contrived device by the switch
NPV Device connected to the Nx_Port, using FDISC to log in to the switch
iSCSI Device connected to the iSCSI port
The second part indicates the role of the device. Currently, four roles are defined:
Unknown (initiator/target)
Device role is not detected
Initiator An SCSI initiator
Target An SCSI target
Initiator+Target
Fabric OS Command Reference Manual
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