Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Manual Supporting Fabric OS v6.4.0 (53-1001764-01, March 2010)

738 Fabric OS Command Reference
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Some characters require a qualifier or double quotation marks when used
with a bash shell; for example, enter a single quotation mark as \’, enter an
exclamation mark as \!, or enter a pipe (|) as “|”.
-h Displays the command usage.
Examples To name a port tape drive 8:
switch:admin> portname 1/3, "-n Tape drive 8"
switch:admin> portname 1/3
Tape drive 8
To assign a name to a range of ports specified by port index numbers:
switch:admin> portname -i 22-26 -n backup
switch:admin> portname -i 22-26
ort 22: backup
port 23: backup
port 24: backup
port 25: backup
port 26: backup
To assign a name to all ports on slot 1 and 2:
switch:admin> portname -s 1-2 -n backup
switch:admin> portname -s 1-2
port 416: backup
port 417: backup
port 418: backup
port 419: backup
port 420: backup
port 421: backup
(output truncated)
See Also configDefault, portCfgDefault, portShow, portSwapDisable, portSwapShow, switchShow