What Is New In This Document; New Commands; Modified Commands - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade 8/12c Command Reference Manual

Although many different software and hardware configurations are tested and supported by Brocade
Communications Systems, Inc. for Fabric OS v7.0.0, documenting all possible configurations and
scenarios is beyond the scope of this document.
This document is specific to Fabric OS v7.0.0. To obtain information about an OS version other than
v7.0.0, refer to the documentation for that OS version.

What is new in this document

The Fabric OS v7.0.0 Command Reference documents supports the current Fabric OS release and the
new hardware platforms.

NEW COMMANDS

The following commands and associated man pages have been added since the publication of the Fabric
OS v6.4.0 release of this manual:
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MODIFIED COMMANDS

The following commands and associated man pages have been modified to support new featues
introduced in Fabric OS v7.0.0:
Fabric OS Command Reference
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bufOpMode - Changes or displays the Buffer Optimized Mode.(introduced in Fabric OS v6.4.1)
classConfig - Displays RBAC class permissions
fabricName - Configures the fabric name
faPwwn - Manages fabric-assigned port WWNs (Dynamic Fabric Provisioning).
fmMonitor - Manages frame monitor configuration. This command replaces and enhances the
fmConfig command ("Advanced Performance Monitoring
frameLog - Collects data about discarded Class 3 frames.
motd - Sets the pre-login banner on the chassis ("Security").
portCfgCompress- Configures a port for inflight compression
Compression").
PortCfgDport - Configures a port as a diagnostic port
portCfgEncrypt- Configures a port for encryption
portEncCompShow- Displays encryption and compression port configuration details
Encryption and Compression").
portCfgFaultDelay - Configures the fault delay for a single FC port (introduced in Fabric OS v6.4.1).
portCfgFec - Enables or disables Forward Error Correction ("FCR").
portCfgOctetSpeedCombo - Sets port speed combination for a port octet on Condor 3 -based
platforms ("Platform Support").
portDportTest - Initiates or terminates a D_Port test
portDecom - Decommissions an E_Port without frame loss.
roleConfig - Manages user-defined roles ("Security").
serDesTuneMode - Configures and displays SerDes values on the Brocade FC8-16. (introduced in
Fabric OS v6.4.2)
thMonitor - Enables monitoring of small form-factor plug-gables (SFPs)
("Fabric Services").
("Fabric Services").
(APM).").
("Inflight Encryption and
("Fabric Services").
("Inflight Encryption and
("Fabric Services").
Compression").
("Inflight
("Fabric Watch").
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