HP Brocade 8/12c Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Manual Supporting Fabric - Page 557

nsAliasShow 2 nsAliasShow Displays local Name Server (NS) information, with aliases. Synopsis nsaliasshow [-r ][-t] Description Use this command to display local name server information with the added feature of displaying the defined configuration aliases to which the device belongs. If there are no defined configuration aliases for that device, no alias is displayed. If there is no information in this switch, the following message is displayed: "There is no entry in the Local Name Server." The information displayed for each device is the same that is displayed by the nsShow command with the exception of the additional display of the alias to which the device belongs. Refer to the nsShow help page for a description of these displays. Use nsCamShow to display information from all switches. 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 optional operands: -r Replaces the time-to-live (TTL) attribute output with state change registration (SCR) information. This value indicates what type of RSCN a device registers to receive. Values include: SCR=0 Reserved. SCR=1 Fabric detected registration. Register to receive all RSCN requests issued by the fabric controller for events detected by the fabric. SCR=2 NX_Port detected registration. Register to receive all RSCN requests issued for events detected by the affected NX_Port. SCR=3 Register to receive all RSCN requests issued. The RSCN request returns all effected N_Port_ID pages. -t Displays the device type. The device type is defined in terms of two attributes. The first attribute indicates the origination of the device as one of the following: • Physical- The device is connected to the NX_Port, using FLOGI to log into the switch. • Virtual - The device is contrived by the switch. • NPV - The device is connected to the NX_Port, using FDISC to log in to the switch. • iSCSI Device is connected to the iSCSI port. The second attribute indicates the role of the device. Valid role attributes include the following: • Unknown (initiator/target) - Device role is not detected • Initiator - An iSCSI initiator. • Target - An iSCSI target. • Initiator+Target - Both an iSCSI initiator and an iSCSI target. Fabric OS Command Reference 525 53-1001764-01