Fabric OS Reference Manual (Version 3.0)

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Telnet Commands
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msPlCapabilityShow
Display the Platform Database Management Capability.
Synopsis msPlCapabilityShow
Availability admin
Description This command enables an admin user to query a fabric for the Platform Database Management
capability. Based on the result of this command, the admin user can then decide if it is ok to activate
the Platform database management service on all switches in the fabric.
When this command is issued, information is gathered from every switch of the fabric and each
switch's ability to handle the Platform database management is displayed.
Limitations Platform Database Management is available in firmware v2.3 and above. Lower level firmware
releases do not support Platform Database Management.
Operands None.
Example To display Platform Database Management capability on a fabric:
See Also msPlMgmtActivate
msPlMgmtDeactivate
msPlatShow
msPlClearDB
switch:admin> msPlCapabilityShow
Platform
Switch WWN Service Capable Capability Name
======================== =============== ========== =======
10:00:00:60:69:04:01:94 Yes 0x0000008f "sqa55"
10:00:00:60:69:10:53:48 Yes 0x0000000b "test53"
10:00:00:60:69:10:54:c8 Yes 0x0000000b "test52"
10:00:00:60:69:02:39:70 Yes 0x0000000b "test54"
10:00:00:60:69:20:10:52 Yes 0x0000000b "sqa43"
10:00:00:60:69:10:53:3c Yes 0x0000000b "test51"
10:00:00:60:69:04:11:17 Yes 0x0000008f "sqa57"
Capability Bit Definitions:
Bit 0: Basic Configuration Service Supported.
Bit 1: Platform Management Service Supported.
Bit 2: Topology Discovery Service Supported.
Bit 3: Unzoned Name Server Service Supported.
Bit 4: M.S. Fabric Zone Service Supported.
Bit 5: Fabric Lock Service Supported.
Bit 6: Timer Service Supported.
Bit 7: RSCN Small Payload Supported.
Others: Reserved.
Done.