Brocade Communications Systems A7990A - StorageWorks SAN Director 4/16 Blade Switch Command Reference Manual page 568

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portTest
-iteration count
-userdelay time
-timeout time
-pattern pattern
-patsize size
-seed seed
-listtype porttype
Examples To run a functional test on an active switch:
switch:admin> porttest -ports 1/1-1/3
See Also
crossPortTest, fportTest, loopPortTest, portLoopbackTest, portTestShow, spinFab,
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Specify the number of times (or number of frames per port) to execute this test.
Default value is 20. Valid values include:
0 Run the test on timeout mode.
-1 Run indefinitely.
Specify the delay between frames sent by portTest, in milliseconds. The default
value is 10 milliseconds.
Specify the number of seconds to run the test. Setting the iteration to 0 will set the
portTest into timeout mode. The default value is 0.
Specify the pattern of the test packets payload. Twenty types of predefined
patterns are provided with the test. Use the
types of pattern that are supported with portTest.
pattern name, the pattern number to use with this option, and an example of this
pattern. The default pattern type, if no pattern number is specified, is RANDOM
(type=11)
Specify the size of the pattern. Default size of the pattern is 1024 bytes. Valid
range of values are 4 bytes through 2112 bytes.
Specify the seed pattern to be used with pattern. Default seed value is 0xaa.
Specify the type of ports to run portTest. The following values are predefined for
porttype:
-1 All ports (default).
-2 All L_Ports.
-3 All F_Ports.
-4 All E_Ports.
-5 All N->N loopback ports.
dataTypeShow command to view the
dataTypeShow displays the
stopPortTest
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