show about
Description Displays introductory information about the operational attributes of the switch. This command is
equivalent to the show version command.
Authority None
Syntax
show about
Table 60
describes the information returned by the show about command.
Table 60
Show about display entries
Attribute
SystemDescription
HostName
EthIPv4NetworkAddress
EthIPv6NetworkAddress
MacAddress
WorldWideName
ChassisSerialNumber
SymbolicName
ActiveSWVersion
ActiveTimestamp
POSTStatus
LicensedPorts
SwitchMode
Description
Description of the switch system
DNS host name
IP address, IPv4
IP address, IPv6
Media Access Control (MAC) address of the switch
Worldwide name of the switch
Serial number of the switch
Symbolic name of the switch
Firmware version
Date and time that the firmware was activated
Results of the power-on self test
Number of licensed ports
Full Fabric indicates that the switch operates with the
standard Fibre Channel port types: G, GL, F, FL, E.
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