HP StorageWorks 8/24 Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Guide v6.1.0 (53-1000 - Page 566

2 portTest -iteration count -userdelay time -timeout time -pattern pattern -patsize size -seed seed -listtype porttype Specify the number of times (or number of frames per port) to execute this test. Default value is 20. Valid values include: 0 Run the test on timeout mode. -1 Run indefinitely. Specify the delay between frames sent by portTest, in milliseconds. The default value is 10 milliseconds. Specify the number of seconds to run the test. Setting the iteration to 0 puts the portTest process into timeout mode. The default value is 0. Specify the pattern of the test packet payload. Twenty types of predefined patterns are provided with the test. Use the dataTypeShow command to view the types of pattern that are supported with portTest. The default pattern type, if no pattern number is specified, is RANDOM (type=11) Specify the size of the pattern. The default pattern size is 1024 bytes. The range is 4 to 2112 bytes. Specify the seed pattern to be used with the pattern. The default seed value is 0xaa. Specify the type of ports to run portTest. The following values are predefined for porttype: -1 All ports (default). -2 All L_Ports. -3 All F_Ports. -4 All E_Ports. -5 All N->N loopback ports. Examples To run a functional test on an active switch: switch:admin> porttest -ports 1/1-1/3 See Also portLoopbackTest, portTestShow, spinFab, stopPortTest 540 Fabric OS Command Reference 53-1000599-02