Dell Brocade 6520 Command Reference Supporting Fabric OS v7.1.0 - Page 811

portName 2 portName Assigns or displays port names. SYNOPSIS portname portname [slot/]port [-n name] portname -i [index1[-index2][...][-f] [-n name]] portname -slot slot1[-slot2] [...][-n name] portname -h DESCRIPTION NOTES OPERANDS Use this command to assign a port name to a specified port or to a range of ports. The port name is included in the portShow output; it should not be confused with the world wide port name. When a port name is not configured, the portName command displays a default name in the portShow output. The format of the default name is as follows: • On standalone platforms, the default port name displays as portportnumber, for example, "port10." • On enterprise-class platforms, the default port name displays as slotslotnumberportportnumber, for example, "slot1por5." You can identify a single port to be configured by its port number or by its port index number. Port ranges are supported with index numbers or by specifying a slot or a slot range. Use switchShow for a listing of valid ports, slots, and port index numbers. When issued without the name operand, this command displays the names of the specified ports or of all ports, if no port is specified. Specifying multiple ports with the index (-i) or slot (-s) option is supported only if PortSwap is disabled. They are not supported on GbE ports and configured F_Port trunks. Use the -i option without a port index argument to display the portSwap status, or alternately use the portSwapShow command. When Ficon Management Server (FMS) mode is enabled, specifying a port range will fail. This is because FMS does not permit multiple ports to have the same port name. The first port in the range gets the port name, all other ports in the range will fail. Like all other configurable port attributes, port names persists across reboots and power cycles. They are not affected by the configDefault command, but they are cleared by portCfgDefault. The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may be in place. Refer to Chapter 1, "Using Fabric OS Commands" and Appendix A, "Command Availability" for details. This command has the following operands: slot For bladed systems only, specifies the slot number of the ports to be configured, followed by a slash (/). port Assigns a name to a single port identified by its port number. -i index1[-index2] Assigns a name to a single port or to a range of ports identified by port index numbers, for example, -i 1/3-8 -n backup. You may specify multiple index ranges separated by a space, for example, -i 35-45 61-68 -n backup. -f Ignores nonexisting ports. This operand is valid only with the -i option. Fabric OS Command Reference 783 53-1002746-01