Dell PowerEdge M710HD Fabric OS Command Reference Manual Supporting Fabric - Page 769

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 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. 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 portSwapShow. 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. Note 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. Operands 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 -slot [slot1[-slot2] -n name Ignores nonexisting ports. This operand is valid only with the -i option. Assigns a name to all ports on a slot or on a range of slots, for example, -s 3-5 -n backup. Multiple slot ranges are not supported with this command. Specifies the name to be assigned to the ports. The port name is a character string up to 32 characters, including spaces and characters, and excluding commas (,), semicolons (;), backlashes (\), and the at sign (@). To erase a port name, specify this operand as an empty string in double-quotation marks. If the name includes spaces it must be included in double quotation marks. This operand is optional; if omitted, the current port name is displayed. Fabric OS Command Reference 737 53-1001764-02