HP StorageWorks 2/64 - Core Switch Command Reference Manual page 527

Operands
This command has the following operands:
-ports itemlist
-iteration count
-userdelay time
-timeout time
-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
stopPortTest
Specify a list of user ports to test. By default, all the user ports
in the switch are tested. See the
further details.
Specify the number of times (or number of frames per port) to
execute this test. The 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
default value is 0.
Specify the pattern of the test packets payload. Twenty types
of predefined patterns are provided with the test. Use the
command to view the types of patterns that
dataTypeShow
are supported with portTest.
pattern names, the number to use to specify for each pattern
type, and an example of each pattern. The default pattern
type, if no pattern number is specified, is RANDOM
(type=11).
Specify the size of the pattern. The 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. The default
seed value is 0xaa.
Specify the type of ports to run portTest. The default
following values are predefined for porttype:
-1 All ports
-2 All L_Ports
-3 All F_Ports
-4 All E_Ports
-5 All N->N loopback ports
The default value is -1.
help pages for
itemList
into timeout mode. The
portTest
dataTypeShow
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displays the