Reference Guide

454 | Fibre Channel Interface
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Configuring Fibre Channel Interfaces
To configure a Fibre Channel interface on the S5000:
Displaying Fibre Channel Information
Use the show commands in Table 23-1 to display information on switch-wide and interface-specific Fibre
Channel operation.
Step Command Syntax Command Mode Purpose
1 interface fibrechannel slot/port
CONFIGURATION
Configure an FC interface.
The range of slot (stack-unit) numbers is 0 to 11.
The range of port numbers is 0 to 47.
Note: On an S5000 switch, a FC module can be
installed only in expansion slot 0 (ports 0-11 in
Figure 2-3).
2
speed {auto | 2G | 4G | 8G}
INTERFACE
FIBRE_CHANNEL
Configure the speed of an FC port. The valid values
are: 2, 4 or 8 Gbps or autosensing.
Default: An FC port autosenses the speed of a peer
FC port.
3
no shutdown
INTERFACE
FIBRE_CHANNEL
Enable the Fibre Channel port.
Table 23-1. Displaying FC Information
Command Output
show interfaces fibrechannel (Figure 23-1) Displays the configuration of an FC interface.
clear counters fibrechannel slot/port Clears the statistics (counters) displayed in show interfaces fibrechannel
command output for a specified FC port.
show fc switch (Figure 23-2) Displays the switch configuration for Fibre Channel capability.
show running-config | grep feature
Displays the currently running configuration feature.
show running-config | grep switch-mode
Displays the currently running configuration for the switch-mode.