Fabric OS Reference Manual (Version 3.0)

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Telnet Commands
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nsShow
Display local Name Server information.
Synopsis nsShow
Availability All users
Description Use this command to display local Name Server information, including information about devices
connected to this switch, and cached information about devices connected to other switches in the
fabric.
The following message is displayed if there is no information in this switch:
There is no entry in the Local Name Server
There still may be devices connected to other switches in the fabric. The command nsAllShow
displays information from all switches.
Each line of output shows:
* Indicates a cached entry from another switch.
Type U for unknown, N for N_Port, NL for NL_Port.
PID 24-bit Fibre Channel address.
COS List of classes of service supported by device.
PortName Device port worldwide name.
NodeName Device node worldwide name.
TTL Time-to-live (in seconds) for cached entries, or NA (not applicable) if the entry is
local.
There may be additional lines if the device has registered any of the following information (the
switch automatically registers SCSI inquiry data for FCP target devices):
• FC4s supported
• IP address
• IPA
• Port and node symbolic names
• Fabric port name
• hard address and/or port IP address
Operands None.